I think Henry started off as a very young angry, man, (like a lot of us) and he found a way to channel his anger, through his music, and later his spoken word in a very positive way. He has done his best to make the world a better place with his uplifting message.

I feel like I became a better person listening to Henry Rollins.

“I’m not necessarily a nice person, I’m just angry at whatever forces combine to disenfranchise people.” I feel that.

Henry is such a great speaker. He also seems to have a lot of black t-shirts.

I've listened to all of Henry's spoken word performances, and this is one of the most inspiring. The world needs more people like this dude; he's a great humanitarian, interesting, funny, and even though he's humble and says he's not that intelligent, he really is.

To all the lost young men in the world, stop listening to Jordan Peterson; start listening to Henry Rollins…

His speeches should be required listening in schools.

I love that he holds the microphone like he is going to be singing like back in the day.. (cord wrapped around hand)Henry Rollins is awesome. Very humble person.

He's like a full body massage, for my brain.

He really makes me wanna be a better person.

This guy never ceases to amaze me... from Black Flag to this? HR is the man

18:37 "Why is it easier to start a war than to build a school?" Easily the best things Henry Rollins has ever said. More people should hear this. I'm glad somebody sees the issues of the world yet confronts them (or at least talks about them) with such a heartfelt manner.

I love listening to Henry talk. I was into Black Flag (when Ron sang) even before Henry. I'm so glad he continues to speak. He, like me, is still punk rock in his heart. At our age, punk rock isn't playing old punk songs. It is, not becoming a sheeple, a blind follower of someone else's rules. It's blazing your own trail, even when the powers that be, tell you not to. You do what you believe in even if it's not popular. You make your own judgements based on your own observations, not others. Doesn't sound like much. When your younger, many people want to be individuals and sticking to your guns is part of being young. When you reach middle age, you've seen that following the heard and keeping your head down is a way to live, simple, quietly. Making waves can only lead to trouble. Henry takes the punk attitude we had at 14 and let it mature with him. As punk kids, we knew the system was corrupt so we wanted to destroy it, leaving anarchy. As mature punks, we know the system is broken. But we should try to fix it instead of being passive. It's much easier to remain passive and silent and be part of the flock. Mature punks don't die their hair blue to distance themselves from the flock. They speak out about injustices. They do what they know is right, even when it's unpopular. They don't need to be fake so people will like them. They become part of the solution, even when it's an unpopular solution. They stay true to themselves. The Dali Lama, who knows labels are for jars not people, would be a great example of a mature punk. Henry, thanks for showing us, at this point/age in life we can still live bravely. We can still stand on our own feet and ideals and at the same time be a positive force of nature. Thanks for decades of inspiration and reminding me I'm not alone.

I don't know how, I don't know why, but nearly everything he says makes some sort of sense. I may not agree with everything he says, but I feel I'm learning something valuable from him.

I think when it comes down to just being a good person, Henry Rollins is my favorite celebrity. He couldn't care less about the fame and the money, but rather uses that to help people, travel the world, and just meet new people from all walks of life and learn about them. That's a man who is utilizing his full potential with the short time we are all given on this little planet. Truly badass. And as I've been getting older, I admire people like that more and more. He has more of a voice than most of us and he damn well uses it to inspire us to be our best selves. I don't know, it just seems like in an age where all I really observe anymore (especially among my college-age peers) is just a sea of people glued to their screens and being robots, I feel more of an urge to go make these human connections like he does.

Henry Rollins...grace, tenacity and compassion combined with the intensity of a badger.

No matter how many times i've heard his stories and anecdotes there is allways something new to find or realize. :)

Rollins is a beast...much love and respect to a legend

Henry Rollins is a groovy dude-its almost 2am and I'm so pumped about looking up retirement centers I can volenter at

The beginning of soaps and soccer balls story was touching! What he did that made me really emotional and made me cry even though the western mind set caused some harm.. that was the sweetest, humble most spontaneous thing to do! I like Henry Rollins so much more after seeing this. That was great. God bless him

Listening to Henry Rollins is always time well spent. Amazing human...🙂👍👊

I'm a social worker in Chicago, and this is inspiring. My travels are less world-wide, and more neighborhood to neighborhood, home to home; but, damn if this message doesn't resonate with my day-to-day experience. I wouldn't trade it for anything.

I actually got to meet him, in my neighborhood. I had no I did who he was to be honest, but I was walking home from work. He was charming and honestly extremely well spoken of intelligent had a great conversation about life. Left me questioning the symptoms of life. Ended up leaving my job and actually moving to South America which always been my dream at a young age.

I found Henry about ten years ago in a interview and was blown away by him. He has become one of my favorite KZfaq people to watch. His energy is contagious but not only contagious it is enlightening to listen to him.

I love to hear Henry Rollins speak. Whether it's comedy or a serious narrative, I always enjoy listening to his words. He's a wonderful human being!

"Thanks for enduring me." Henry, it has been an honor and a privilege - may your anger and curiosity carry you through to Yemen and back again.

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime" -Mark Twain

I really cant come up with a complement about how much I love him. He’s simply amazing.

this is a true story....my brother saw Black Flag in the early 80s do a show in a shithole club in Atlanta Ga....my brother was one of the only people in my entire school that liked Punk by the way......so after Black Flag performed their set...my brother saw Rollins in the crowd just hanging out......so my bro walks up to Rollins and asked """Man what is Life....what does it all mean and how can I make something of my world?...""" Rollins does a long pause and then looks at my brother in the eyes and says...."""Sometimes you just have to go for it...just do it....never back down..ever///""">>>and the other day in a recent interview Henery Rollins repeated almost the same speech ......I was shocked....I always thought my brother was drunk.....but in the end Henry Rollins is the Man.....and sometimes you just got to do it!!!!!!!.

I saw him present his 2018 travel slideshow last night in Houston. Having just returned from teaching English in Indonesia and Prague over the past year, it was profoundly meaningful to me. If he comes to your city with his travel slideshow, do yourself a solid and go.

I was lucky enough to attend one of Henry's sets a number of years ago and it was like seeing the most amazing motivational speaker. If you can see him live, do it. Watching videos like this is fine, but the sense of community you get from doing it live is second to none.

Henry, I thank you from the bottom of my heart!!!!!

"If you want to know, you ve got to go". Real rule. We need more Henrys in the world.

My first exposure to Rollins, having been introduced to me by my son. One of few times I can characterize a discourse as a true paradigm shift for me. I have exactly one life experience that parallels these stories, and that resonates as a truly life changing event.

What an amazing enlightened person. Thank you Henry. God bless you.

Truly a inspiration to listen to. I left my country at the age of 25. I visit home every Christmas. Life is to short and beautiful to just stay at one place. 11 years today and my home is everywhere. 🌍✨

Everyone can learn something from this dude

"I put the punk in punctual.."

"we've had myriad opportunities to overcome, we're not that interested". Brilliant.

The part about Haiti is interesting. I have a good friend from Port Au Prince who comes from an extremely rich family…..in Haiti, the rich are very, very rich. He’s one of the most fascinating people I know, and the stories from his childhood are incredible.

This is probably, for my dime, Hank's best 'hour'. The synthesis and articulation of the message is one of great utility, especially in the USA.

I went to Pakistan In 1989 on my own (23 year old English boy) The only nice person i met was a secret military guy telling me to get off the the train in Peshawar before it was blown up.

Henry's adventures need to be filmed and spread to the masses so we can learn to be angry and compassionate to make a difference in the world, this message needs to be shared through his experiences. The world would most definitely be a better place if we all did the same.

had the honor of going to one of his spoken word shows last year and got to meet him :) it was awesome

it's been more than a year since this came up and it's kind of sad it only has 927 views so far, I'm sharing this right now.

Henry, you are a compassionate and loving human being and I thank you for putting forth the effort to convey your mindset and your outlook. I’m fascinated by the endeavors you’re undertaking. Thank you. It’s all about gratitude and compassion and you absolutely exude those two traits. Love and respect, sir.

Sir Henry, once again, you’ve hit the head on the nail with your talk. I LOVE to travel, but haven’t made it out of the US, unfortunately. I wholeheartedly agree that, once you get to know a people or their country and culture, and if you’re lucky enough to befriend people, it’s very hard to do them harm.

Henry was never my favorite musician, no offense, but I'm very glad I've found him as a story teller. I did really enjoy the art in the music videos. This is a great talk, and I'm very inspired by these words. I have had some of the same thoughts. It's great to hear someone else speak these words I relate to so much. He does such an amazing job articulating his thoughts. I wish he would come talk in my little corner of America. I feel like he would really open people's minds.

He's grown into such a nice guy 🙂

Henry rocks everything he does, everywhere he goes.

This guy has been an inspiration to me for over three decades...and he just keeps getting better.

I've heard this talk before, yet I keep coming back. Some food for thought.

I've always enjoyed what Henry has to say. He's an inspirational figure and I believe that he genuinely cares about people, education, philanthropy and trying to make the world a better place.

I love Rollins. He's got to be the most honestly patriotic person I've ever seen who actually knows what he's talking about. This guy only has a high school education. But the what I loved about this lecture or whatever it is is that in Cuba he got on the "short bus." What's even funnier is that no one in the audience laughed. I'm still laughing about that. Because he paused before saying short bus. No one got the quip. That's hysterical.

Long time Rollins fan. Just scrolled through the comments and could not find one person that didn't like this. That is nuts. He legitimately is one of the best public speakers around. Thoughtful, inspirational, funny and all around great guy.

Henry Rollins and Doug Stanhope, two people speaking hard truths but very thought-provoking and very right. I listen to as much material from them both as I can, to become a better person.

Henry Rollins is the man. Hes always inspiring and he makes me want to do more in life.

Why do people call him an asshole? He seems super friendly and really deep.

I hope he lives to be 100. We need such prophets in our time for as long as possible. He may not promote religion, but he is a prophet of hope and wisdom. He is the elder that you gather around a fire to listen to and learn from their deep and long experience.

I met Henry at OSU in 1998. After the show, he signed my bestfriend's jeans- -- she framed them. He signed my left breast. We took photos & he gave autographs. Now, 20+ years later, I still have the biggest crush on him. He hasn't aged a day! He is so smart!!

Here is something you should listen to and share among friends,I am always amazed with the speech of HR. Thank you for sharing.

He has definitively made me a better man.

Just saw Henry (61) today at a sold out show It was the elderly couple's in front of us 5th time, they said it was cute it being our first time Long live Mister Rollins 🤘🏻

I love how something as simple as water can do so much

One go the best hours spent in a while. worth anyones time, honest compelling motivating

who ever fixed the sound on Henry's mic i love them

Henry! You are so excellent! May your ideas go forth and multiply.

"I hated math, 'cause there's no rock'n'roll in math" - Henry Rollins

Henry rollins is such a real person

Always love hearing Henry speak. What a positive man!

Henry Is a phenomenon,and a good one as such!

This talk has 50yrs of content in it, and I feel like I could endure 50 more

GENIUS! And how the hell did he remember all this!

"There's no rock n roll in math!" - Henry Rollins *Tool intensifies*

Looking at myself as someone who's been scared to live his life for coming up to 31 years, I'm really spurred on by talks from Mr Rollins. Idc if he goes by Henry, I look up to and respect him such that he is Mr Rollins to me

Henry, You are amazing. Your views are so similar to mine. I Love that you are not just bitching about the problem, you are trying to do something. You are educating yourself. Good for You Sir. I wish You continued success.

HENRY IS A NATIONAL TREASURE🏆 LONG LIVE HENRY ROLLINS🙏☮️♥️✝️

Thanks for sharing this - I've been seeing Henry on stage for many a great evening since 1993, he's one of my favorite people on this earth.

I'm from Florida and I would approve that message

Henry is a really great example of why politicians are really ruining the world. My father always said to me if we went to another country and just chatted up local people we would find we have more in common than you'd think. Henry has done this and it's so true. We can really all get along....it's the guys in power that stop us from it. I liked this talk a lot.

Henry is la 'celebrity' who never got big-headed that he could 'save' the world, aiming too high. Instead he is meeting the world, because he is humbly willing to aim low enough. This makes his talks so much more tolerable than Russel Brand & Charlize Theron.

Thanks Henry , for being a motivation and an inspiration. In all aspects of my life.

Halfway into this and I teared up a bit twice already

I love when people say Rollins is a sellout... one of the most real speakers out there!! I wonder if all the angry people just don't understand that anger can be used for positive reasons... I am an angry person, I only wish I was as angry as Henry... the world needs more anger like this

That guilt question was very interesting. I'm fortunate enough to be living abroad like I had always wanted and worked hard to do, but I never talk about it or post many photos on social media. I always think it's tacky braggadocio when I see other people do it. His counter point to that was something to think about.

Thanks for putting this up. It's been interesting watching Hank's spoken performances age over time, a lot of his earlier ones I suspect he wouldn't agree with anymore. Nowadays though, they have an air of timelessness. Appreciate the new rated-G language, too. Kids need to hear this stuff.

Talks like these are far more useful than a college education and high school education. These are the people who should be teaching us.

One of my biggest influences: Rollins. I think it's great that he's trying to share his increased perspective on people & the world. Always loved his music & words. 👍

"There's Ramones fans over there man! You don't wanna do it!"

I have thought, for many years, that every high school student should be required to take a school trip to another country. The USA is so isolated. It is imperative that people see other countries and cultures.

Rollins, you do truth better than most human beings I've ever heard. Thank you!

Time passed so quickly while I was watching this

I didnt like Henry's music but give him a microphone and i can listen to him talk for hours :)

This guys speech on frozen yogurt changed my life.

god lord, Henry is such a damn inspiration! What an awesome human being, he makes me want to be a better person 100%

How did this get dislikes? Who is against the idea of us all putting aside our differences to become a more responsible and respectful world?

Henry Rollins is awesome. Love this. Going to watch this and share with everyone.

To whom much is given (life), much is expected.

Henry gave me goose bumps at 22:55 That's what being a human is. That's what I love in this world. And his face almost undercut it with the knowledge that, that man was never going to get to see America... This world is bitter sweet, but it's our job to keep it from just being bitter.

Henry, I’m sure you’ll never read these words but you are one of my biggest heroes. As an 80’s punk, I respect you keeping your punk ethos and walking your talk. Those not familiar to what punk was/ is really about, we were rebelling against the injustice of the status quo. We wanted to destroy the existing power and replace it with a more just system. Power on Henry! What an amazing life you have created for yourself. Keep sharing your knowledge and experiences. 🖤