Ed Rollins Quotes

Imagine a 15-year-old kid saying, 'I have two moms - it's cool.' I don't fear that at all.

So I'm more at home with my backpack, sleeping in a hotel room or on a bus or on an airplane, than I am necessarily on a bed. It's weird being here. It feels like I'm standing next to my real life.

Like a butterfly stuck in a chrysalis, waiting for the perfect moment, I was waiting for the day I could burst forth and fly away and find my home.

When mankind pushes, natures sometimes pushes back

I love capitalism. It rewards me for being brave - it awards me for being innovative and thinking out of the box.

I am primarily a loner. I don't go to clubs. I don't hang out with people. I don't know many people. It's just the way it ended up. It's not a sob story; it's fine for me.

Don't do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul.

My unconditional sure thing is that I don't have one.

I've made some great mistakes in my life, but, you know, they were honest mistakes.

I never thought about getting any tattoos removed.

I am a pretty crazy person, so it's best for me to be on my own most of the time.

When the Iron doesn't want to come off the mat, it's the kindest thing it can do for you. If it flew up and went through the ceiling, it wouldn't teach you anything.

It is impossible, after a certain point, to go back to a previous way of life, a previous way of thinking.

Do it or don't. It's amazing how many things in life are that easy.

I'm now a legend, whether I want to be or not.

I still have dreams about CBGB's. I still miss the place.

There's tons of junk food for your mind on the Internet. You can sit there for three or 10 or 20 hours a day getting in online arguments with other people who also choose to waste their time.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was vigorously and vociferously opposed by the Southern states. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed it into law nonetheless.

As so much music is listened to via MP3 download, many will never experience the joy of analog playback, and for them, I feel sorry. They are missing out.

Consumer electronics is a challenging one.

The only thing about sanctions is that, like a lot of drone strikes, there are countless unintended victims. Cutting off aid to Uganda only increases the pain there.

My mother came from St. Thomas. I heard that melody and all I did was actually adapt it. I made my adaptation of sort of an island traditional melody. It did become sort of my trademark tune.

If I hear, 'Be afraid of Tehran,' I'm like, 'I'd better go to Tehran.'

As long as I tell the truth I feel that nobody can touch me.

I'm trying to be confrontational and direct. If I lack directness then I only have myself to blame because I lack the skills to make my point clear.

perfection. I have been waiting all my life to be with you. My heart slams against my ribs when I think of the slaughtered nights I spent all over the world waiting to feel your touch.

We have to make ourselves as perfect as we can.

I contribute a large amount of money to the Southern Poverty Law Center, so I'm on their mailing list for all their Klan Watch newsletters. I'm very well aware of White Power movements in America.

I want you bad like a natural disaster. You are all I see. You are the only one I want to know.

It'll destroy you if you try to make it mean anything to anyone but yourself.

I wouldn't want to roll the dice on Kabul by myself, because I really think getting killed is definitely a possibility there. A very good possibility.

Will punk rock ever die? Pal, if you have to ask it's dead to you.

Most of the people who call me a sellout were 7 when I was down face-first in the punk trenches.

You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.

I don't hate the government. I don't think the Second Amendment is being infringed upon.

I don't mind The Boss. I think he's an honest guy. I have some of his records, not all of them. I've met a couple of the E-Street guys, and they seem really cool.

I have not the smarts or patience for political office.

The best things in life are crazy.

I think the problem starts with the general appreciation of the music in the larger society.

Don’t think about it. Do it. Don’t talk about it. Do it.

My feelings for you shame me into silence.

I'm constantly around people that talk a lot but say nothing. A sad case.

You cannot have companies where many of the largest ones lose money indefinitely without someone finally waving the white flag, and IBM is the most recent example of that.

The times I have tried to get close to someone resulted in me feeling threatened and weak.

The month of November makes me feel that life is passing more quickly. In an effort to slow it down, I try to fill the hours more meaningfully.

Everyone wants to talk about it, and right now music, flat-panel televisions, a whole host of new handheld devices are fun to talk about and very exciting to look at.

You had many jazz musicians who lived in the United States, who had a hard time being accepted over here and had to play in sort of these inferior type dives.

I’m packed with broken glass and memories and it all hurts.

I can't remember that I ever had just a minute of stage fright.

As you do with any band you're in, you get to know everyone too well all too soon. When you're crammed into a small space, proximity leads to familiarity.