Henry Rollins Quotes

That audience is there for me.

I know I can get laughs anywhere, in front of any crowd, if I'm given the chance.

I say what's on my mind and have a good time. I try to give people a show. It's all about giving people a good time once you get out under those lights.

Audiences are not strangers to me. They're the best friends I've got in my life.

I'm very comfortable in a room with thousands of people.

I'm a showman.

I love performing for the crowd. Maybe that's what it is. I'm a crowd pleaser.

I feel like I'm an entertainer.

If you love attention and have a pretty decent voice, that's a pretty good combination.

Avishai my brother always says to the audience, 'If you weren't here, it would just be a rehearsal.' So it's important to me to acknowledge and engage them. I know that they are there for me, and I'm humbled by that.

People often think that you get the most of everything from having your face on the screen but its really, like musicians, when you hit the road. It's also where the most fun is, the adrenaline of it every night, giving this incredibly well rehearsed charismatic version of yourself every night and people hopefully loving you.

There were people that grabbed you just by talking, and that's what I loved about professional wrestling when I started out. That's why I'm already so good. That's why people literally hang on the edge of their seats when I have a mic because they want to know what I'm going to say.

I think the most important thing about playing is to walk out with confidence, look the people right in the eye and say 'Here I am,' and go and do your thing. As soon as they know you're confident, they're confident. As long as you adjust to them you're not in trouble. You should eyeball them, find out what they want, and give it to them. They didn't pay to come out and look at the tapestries.

I feel the sexiest when I'm on stage with the Dolls because I feel like nothing can touch me. Although I want to touch everyone in some way.

I think anybody in front of a crowd is a comedian.

I was always an entertainer.

Viv had this kind of stage presence where you couldn't ignore it. He walked onstage, he looked dangerous. You just didn't know what he was going to do.

I love a microphone and a big crowd; I'm an entertainer, I guess.

Many more people saw me on TV than will ever get to see me on stage, but I do love being in the same room as the people I'm telling the story to.

I'm an actor, of course, so I like to show off.

I've always seen myself as one of those 'show people.' My earliest memories are wanting and needing to entertain people, like a gypsy traveler who goes from place to place, city to city, performing for audiences and reaching people.

Prince is the ultimate performer. Prince is that dude that's going to get on stage by himself, if he need to, but hold you in the palm of his hand. Like, you can't take your eyes off the man when he's on stage, and he could just be sitting there playing his guitar.

I'm like Cab Calloway: I love the entertainment, and I've loved entertaining people ever since I was little.

I walk on a stage, and I know if it's been a good show or not. You know when it's been a good interview. No one has to tell you. You know it. You feel it. You can feel the air. You can feel everything about it when it's a good show. And you know when you've messed up.

When you walk out in front of an audience of over 70,000 people, you've got to be on your game. They deserve it.