Get in the Van Quotes

“I'm constantly around people that talk a lot but say nothing. A sad case.”
― Henry Rollins, Get in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag

“Discipline is money in the bank. A real friend, true strength.”
― Henry Rollins, Get in the Van

“I've said it before and I say it again: "A man's got to do what a brainless idiot's got to do.”
― Henry Rollins, Get in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag

“In the place of the things I have denied myself, I have things that mean more to me than sex, fun and happiness ever could.”
― Henry Rollins, Get in the Van

“It would be nice to be touched by hands that didn’t want to kill or congratulate me. Sometimes the hands that want to kill me are mine.”
― Henry Rollins, Get in the Van

“I learned that you can get away with a lot of shit if you just do it like it’s all you knew how to do.”
― Henry Rollins, Get in the Van

“People that you thought were your friends give you shit about working hard. All I know is that we play hard and a lot of this shit is not fun. Playing is great but the way we live is not the life of a rockstar.”
― Henry Rollins, Get in the Van

“Life has no instruction manual. Parts and labor can be impossible to find. Many go down the road with parts that are in great need of service. A breakdown is eventual.”
― Henry Rollins, Get in the Van

“There’s no such thing as friendship. You just get what you need when you need it as fast as you can. The only reason that people give is so they can take later on.”
― Henry Rollins, Get in the Van

“It is you who are the basket cases. For every moment you hated your job, cursed your wife and sold yourself to a dream that you didn’t even conceive. For the times your soul screamed yes and you said no. For all of that. Your self torture.”
― Henry Rollins, Get in the Van

“What is this bullshit? 97% caffeine free is 97% not my kind of thing.”
― Henry Rollins, Get in the Van

“There are a few things that are mine. I see this now. Like today, sitting in this diner. This time is mine. These thoughts are mine. Memories are mine. I don’t own much. It’s nice to know that there are some things that no one will be able to take from me.”
― Henry Rollins, Get in the Van

“The countryside is beautiful. I’ve never seen anything like it. Thatched roofs on the houses. Snow everywhere, the sky is so blue. I’m 22 years old today.”
― Henry Rollins, Get in the Van

“You’re going to do what you’re going to do and that’s all there is. That’s all you got and that’s that.”
― Henry Rollins, Get in the Van

“we get to Preston and find that it’s depressing”
― Henry Rollins, Get in the Van

“I was listening to the radio the other day in California and one of our songs came on and I jumped because I couldn’t find my microphone. Now that’s damage.”
― Henry Rollins, Get in the Van

“One is the perfect number. The more things I do alone the better. In Miller’s Black Spring he talks about the joy of being able to enjoy one’s own company. I think there’s nothing better than being a loner. I think it’s the best way to be.”
― Henry Rollins, Get in the Van

“I think that Bruce Springsteen should do a little number about a 7-Eleven in Asbury Park but write it in such a way that the entire U.S.A. can identify and slurp along with Bruce. Suck for the Boss. Hail the Boss! Hail 7-Eleven!”
― Henry Rollins, Get in the Van

“learned that you can get away with a lot of shit if you just do it like it’s all you knew how to do.”
― Henry Rollins, Get in the Van

“met a kid who was cuffed to the door handle of a police car outside the gig. He was there early to catch soundcheck and the cop busted him drinking a beer in the parking lot. I hung out with the guy and gave him some water. It was strange to be talking with this guy who was standing in the sun tied to a car. I guess the pig figured he was teaching him a lesson. That taught me plenty.”
― Henry Rollins, Get in the Van