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  • Very smart guy

  • What i love about Henry. He doesn't forget where he came from

  • talk about a guy who has pretty much done it all and seen it all and really is spot on with almost everything he says. He is one of my idols and i hope people look at the world the way he does and make it a better place. thumbs up for henry!!!

  • This guy is the man.

  • Hey guys!. Can anyone tell me if its possible to purchase these documentaries that Henry is in on IFC???

  • @heavenwithin81 iTunes has some of them.

  • Ha, that's why all the comments here are gushing -- they're being moderated!

  • What do I wanna be remembered for? A guy who really tried to hit it right out of the park..or at least swung as hard as he could and maybe the miss was as cool as the few times I hit, just cuz the swing was so damn hard. Not necessarily graceful...but really hard.

  • "If you wanna steal from me,go for it! hey you're just doing what the record companies been doing to me for years."

    MESSAGE! The truth behind anti piracy.

  • "Henry Rollins likes black people." lol

  • You can learn alot from this guy.

  • he did his role so damn well when he was in sons of anarchy

  • hey I totally suck by the way, I've recorded tons of albums, been in tons of movies, wrote tons of books, been around the world a bunch of times... yep, I suck

  • He is an onest guy is the thing that makes henry rollins just a good guy.One of the best stars out there.

  • even though i dont like his bands music, i love this guy. i can relate to him

  • 6:24 before yo wreck yo self XD

  • Wow, that WAS one hell of an interview. Loved it.

  • I rarely disagree with the man known as Henry. I have to disagree with his opinion on FEMA in the Big Easy though. Never rely on the government for anything. That isn't America, and should never be. Rely on yourself, and your fellow man.

  • Everything else was already said, I'll add that he is fuckin' badass.

  • I wish he would run for president i would vote for him in an instant

  • WTF. I was at Bullis with this dude back in the day! What a guy - he was a lot heavier back then and a brilliant mime artist. Unbelievable. I'd love to see his "man walking into the wind" routine again. I don't know much about his music stuff but he should have stuck with mime imho.

  • He is my Mentor. Man, I love Henry Rollins. I emailed him once, before I did a spoken word open mic. AND HE FUCKIN EMAILED ME BACK. Now that is cool. He said, simply, "Enjoy it. If you have fun, they will too." And he was right. Very cool and real guy.

  • @Pleaver He is cool. He emailed me back in 2008, still have the email saved in my inbox.

  • Don't break yer arm patting yerself on the back dude.

  • 10:30 to 11:30 you're welcome

  • GOD BLESS YOU HENRY....

  • I love him for bashing Lars.

  • I still love listening to him! ... All the same reason why i read his books too! He really opened my mind to more then just Punk Rock!!!

  • really cool guy, very intelligent

  • this guy always makes me feel like a loser

  • Does he know 9/11 was an inside job? And does he wave a flag for that one?

  • @KILLBILDERBURG why the hell are you asking us about your psychotic thoughts? you know what? never mind. forget i said anything.

  • It's funny to see him so sincere here, and then hear his voice doing a Verizon commercial.

  • Best part about Hank? If you email him and don't say anything stupid, he writes back like an hour later. Totally cool guy, couldn't be nicer. Does not mince words.

  • A very intelligent guy. 

  • a wise man that should be listened to.....

  • I want England out of itself!

  • The thing about Rollins is he knows he's not particularly gifted or talented, yet he always gives his best and never gives up. That's what I find inspiring.

  • My.... idol....

  • Henry is such a cool, carismatic, and down to earth guy. Love you man!!!

  • Should be on his tombstone someday. "Not Necessarily Graceful, But Really Hard"

  • @fenomas ahhhhhahahahahahaha

  • @roastbeefdinner I think you just said what Henry Rollins would say to himself if he treated himself like he treats others lol

  • Right On Rollins!

    Paul Stanley, Lars Ulrich AND PRINCE ARE ALL SCUMBAGS & WHINY GREEDY LITTLE Cry Babies who must pay more each year to hire people to surf the web & youtube for "violations" than most people make working in 5-10 years.

    All for what?

    *TECHNOLOGY Dictates, and either they roll with it, & find a way to adjust, conform to it & Still thrive, or go against what IS NORMAL which is ultimately ONLY to derail the inevitable Impetus which drives OUR Society, OUR Lives & OUR World.-

  • I met this man yesterday at a book signing and he was the most amazing man you could meet.

  • @AmosMustDie Lucky.

  • Henry tells it like it is and is very genuine.

  • Talking about his education and life standing early on:........I have met `highly educated` people who talk bullshit. HR talks poetically to my mind.

  • Henry Rollins... isn't this guy something?! Music, acting, stand up, voice over (as him self), book writer. All rounder... What hasn't Rolling done? Sorry if I ever busted your nose in Def Jam.

  • henry is a real motherfucker

  • i usually hate "celebrities" talking about this sort of shit. i was ready to "dislike" this video until i started listening. sure, i heard all about rollins and his violent antics back in my punk days ... but truth be told, i could listen to this man talk for hours. and i will, once i get my hands on those docs he made...

  • Danm Henry Rollins is the Man

  • the problem with this guy is that he takes himself way too serioulsy, and he thinks he matters. Great front man for black flag, but a lousy choice as some sort of crusader for others. henry garfiled, guess what, you are just a fry boy with an unfortunate microphone to tell others how to live, that is very unhardcore. go back to DC and toss a burger, its all you have the intellect for.

  • Henry Rollins: True Patriot!

  • England isn't an occupying power in Northern Ireland. Ulster is mostly Protestant

  • @Bastiat90 Living here, Ulster is close to 50/50 really. Also, just to mention, part of Ulster isn't actually in Northern Ireland.

    Northern Ireland is pretty well sorted at the moment though. Yeah we have the odd riot, but then so do other countries. We have our own politicians who run the education mainly, whilst the UK parliament runs pretty much everything else. Considering the state of the ROI though, thats not a bad thing =D

  • I love Henry Rollins!

  • God I love this dude...

  • Its not just a job! lol! nice vid!

  • still an interesting fella

  • I have always been told:"You're very opinionated!"YES, I'M NOT EVER GOING TO BE APATHETIC, I'LL SAY WHAT I KNOW TO BE TRUE,& I am female. Guys that say this because they are insecure morons, go away,anyone that wants to Debate,Let's go for it!

  • Say, this IS the best Henry Rollins interview!!

  • I don't agree with everything Henry says, (not just in this video, but in his books/spoken word/ect.) but that doesn't stop me from admiring the fuck out of him. In 8th grade, I was supposed to write a paper on someone I'm inspired by. I did Henry Rollins, and got an F on it because apparently I "missed the point"

  • he is my new jesus

  • i dislike his coke head tensity and exspressions

  • HERO STATUS.

  • I'm Irish and South African, so I loved hearing his opinions on both those places:) Also he's one of the few people I've heard pronounce Apartheid correctly.

  • Jello Biafra for President!

    Henry Rollins for Vice!

    Thumbs up so everyone can see

  • everyone can talk about problems and conflict ,hes not affecting change hes just saying stuff people already know? so why does everyone think so highly of him? and i hateee american patriotism so he loses so im not a fan.

  • i downloaded the damaged album off of frostwire but cause he said that i went to hmv and bought it :)

  • Hey Henry. Maybe you should get out of the van. After reading your book I learned one thing: You don't enjoy being in a band or anything that goes along with it.

  • Rollins is a very smart guy...he also talks dutch....apartheid. A guy like him probably couldn't withstand Amsterdam on his way home.

  • Amen on Piracy Rolllins! I love you!

  • Not only is he smart and sharp, he's also very confident and well-spoken

  • What really amazes me about this man is that he came from such a violently abusive and shitty background and ended up emerging as one of the most honest and self-aware people I know of.

  • Who is this guy? Hell I'd pay for his material. I want thinkers like him to eat.

  • "No pal, if you disagree with me then you hate America."

    God damn I love this guy.

  • Sometimes you do ask yourself...WHY THE FUCK aint he a fucking president! : )

    This guy knows what he is talking about!

    True legend ! ! !

    End of story! : )

  • @fen938 Because most of the people who seek to be president are very unlike Henry, with far too much ego, and far too little vision.

  • @fen938 He's not the president because He really speaks the truth and doesn't bullshit ppl and is against the man

  • @fen938

    Probably too honest to be a president or prime minister!

  • @fen938 because he's not willin to kiss so much ass and eat so much shit to get to that bullshit position

  • @fen938 A truly righteous individual will never be President of the U.S., BECAUSE they are righteous. The system won't allow it. Someone who actually knows what America is and appreciates it despite its ugly parts, who actually SHOULD be President, never will be.

    11:02: Right on, Henry. I've been saying that for years.

  • @fen938 Because every night on the news you'd hear shit like this 'and tonight president rollins lectured the queen of england on the oppressive irrelevance of monarchy at state dinner at windsor castle.'

  • legend

  • Nice jab at Lars!!!!!

  • Henry Rollins is a great guy!

  • lol, he's from the minimum wage working world. sure buddy

  • @9dstyle he really is. There's video of him and ian mckay working at haagen daz in their teen years, this is no joke... do you even know this guy's background?

  • A thouroughly decent, straight talking intellectual man. He knows the score & gets it completely.

  • He's an outspoken, in-your-face advocate for human rights, a brilliant performance artist and poet; in short: Henry Rollins is AWSOME.

  • Henry Rollins for president

  • Rollins would be fucked as president because he'd be hogtied by the same forces that every president has been. Change won't come from getting a specific person in office. The entire two party system is retarded. You can't let it just be about two parties. In our last election here is Australia we finally had the emergence of a viable third party option, who are now making a difference here, and you Americans are just as capable of making that happen as us. And as always you have our support.

  • @EvanTheKillerWolf Only if Ted Nugent is his Vice President

  • He really does swing hard.

    Rock on, Henry!

  • Eamonn McCann at 06:47

    His book War and an Irish Town is the classic account of the struggle for civil rights and justice in the face of British state violence.

  • fuckin awesome

  • That's the kind of artist we need here in Brasil (yes,BraSil,not BraZil)

  • modern day socrates. Fuckin a Henry!

  • @drinkspecials You are 100% spot on.

  • @drinkspecials Not even close.

  • This guy just gave me some insight.

    He is a brilliant man.

    Very respectful too.

  • never heard of him before but im a fan now!

  • HENRY ROLLINS FOR PRESIDENT!!

  • WOW! :)

  • What a man, really. Respect.

  • He IS likeable! Genuine..

  • IM NO PROFFESAAA

  • he was awesome in sons of anarchy i cursed when he got killed i SoA

  • you will not go back to that henry.

  • im no professa!

  • what a bad ass

  • I disagree with Rollins on some things, but I respect the hell out of that guy

  • he is an actor now. well he was.. i thought he didn't do too bad in the sons of anarchy

  • try Israel.

    

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  • Hhhh

  • I used to enjoy Rollins but now I can't even listen to his whole tired moralizing, good Samaritan rap. He's become basically a punk rock Bono....

    Plus, for someone so supposedly self-aware, you'd think he'd have come out of the closet by now...

  • His genius is in his extremely hard work ethic and the fact that he lives experiences rather than wasting time.

  • I absolutely LOVE this man!!

  • damn. called Ulrich out!

  • SAMCRO

  • The guy from Tosh.0 will look like Henry when he's old haha

  • Pure genius!

  • Henry Rollins. What a legend. If he tells you your number is 1 you betta believe it

  • Henry is awesome. This interview was very inspiring.  If only more men were like Henry.

  • you da fuckin man Henry! seriously a true player in the game!

  • 10:00 I wonder if Rollins supports Ron Paul? You know.. The Defender of Liberty? The Champion of The Constitution!? RON PAUL!

  • strange to see him like this, Im use to seeing him flip out on staghe lol

  • should rollins be the torch bearer of black flag, they were going before him,they had lots of members but he seems to be the main spokesmen, not that im haveing a go at him,but former members should have a say

  • Hell, I'm trying my best to be as tough as him

  • Thanks man. You make me feel not alone in this world.

  • Yeah, i don't think he meant that you are now "playing the system," it's more along the lines of "you get to be the man now"

  • He should be a superhero and shit

  • @arkhamisland

    nah he was just saying how corporations are just getting what theyve given

  • A slice of ADHD here?

  • @RasmusMax82 So?

  • He seemed somewhat petty and backhanded with regards to the Download. Nobody is trying to 'play the man' by downloading your stuff, it's just the norm now- there's no moral compass attached to it. After all the money the industry has squeezed out of the people by now, they are due change.

  • @arkhamisland I think that what you are saying is Almost exactly what he was saying. You are pretty much agreeing with him. Don't try to dissect every word. Communication is very difficult because its easy to misunderstand intentions.

  • Were all of a sudden u have a bunch of french...eh friends

  • IM NO PROFESSA LOL

  • I forgot what an ear to ear smile I get listening to Henry Rollins. Like someone ahead of me said, if only we had more Americans like him.

  • Jesus Christ. It doesn't get any more real than that, folks. If everybody in America would sit down and read or listen to a little bit of what Rollins talks this country would be in better shape.

  • Henry is more American than the Nuge..,,he gets it.

  • punks are alot smarter than what ignorant people think it out to be

  • One of the few people who speaks SENSE!

  • This guy is my religion.

  • I started sweating...

  • tis guy is a very cool and sincery guy (: and he loves his fans not like lars :P

  • LOL Lars got bitched LOL I like

  • "i rather be heard then paid" Herny is the man! great quote

  • Dude henry rollins rules. Henry Rollins for president!!!!!!

  • He's one of my idols. I hate to use the word idol though. I admire him.

  • This is what fame should be doing with the spotlight they have. Henry, if you ever see this, thank you. You make a difference and make me proud of my, our, generation.

  • my favorite part of this video is at 11:12 you go Henry Rollins

  • When is Henry Rollins EVER "looking for the kumbaya moment"?

  • If I wanted someone to fight for my life , this would be the sort of guy Id want on my side- he has no illusions about whats going on , he doesnt shy away from it and isnt afraid to say what he thinks when he thinks it.. If policticians were like this guy thered almost be no need for government at all.

  • He's incredibly intelligent. Does not fit the stereotype of a punk rocker at all.

  • My favorite quote is 10:00 minutes into about Thomas Jefferson

    and 10:30 about music piracy

  • he always sweats so fucking much what a badass

  • Henry is many things, but undeniably, he is smart. His views are honest, his views are progressive, and above all, his views are intelligent. In my humble opinion, anyways!

  • He is obviously so much more than he seems to want to admit.

  • keep swinging henry keep swinging, love you or hate you i always want you to fight for what you believe in like everyone should.

  • His introduction is stunning. The amount of information, the insight and humour. It takes him 1 minute and 13 sec.!!

  • i love black coffee

  • Seen Rollins do his 'talking' show in 2000 and 2010. The Man just gets more interesting, w/ better stories, and just...wow. Well worth seeing. Albums great to hear.

  • henry rollins is a legendary man

  • Henry Rollins, intellectual punk rocker. He gives a great name to the genre.

  • @holycrapwtf Darby Crash, Greg Graffin, Keith Morris, Henry Rollins, Ian Mackaye. Us punks got some phd intelligence here!

  • @holycrapwtf Him and Gred Graffin should start an empire ;)

  • @holycrapwtf Yeah I mean Im not extremely into punk but I don't know of many others that have the respect he does.

  • Henry Rollins is badass

  • I wish South Africa was really how he describes it...

  • I'm taking notes...are you?

  • Cannot get over the ending - some of the most intelligent and logical thinking I've ever heard from a rock musician!

  • i love this guy

  • "These guys want the dream more than I do."

    He's seen the reality of it. He's seen all the nuances that break down the dream. Don't get romantic over this.

  • he is really good with words.

    he makes the best out of each word he uses. very impresive

    i just can listen to him speak a whole day

  • " Now you get to play the man, good for you! "

    lol

  • RESPECT

  • I am thoroughly impressed