With Napster and the sharing of music, of course, there are going to be people who exploit it. Greed has no end.… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
Record labels have enjoyed a 100-year monopoly of selling plastic and now they're up against a different format. — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
I work at a record label where I have archives. These things [memorabilia] occurred and are important to somebody, and they're important… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
Basically we just created our own label, but again we just did it to document our own music and create our own… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
Major labels didn't start showing up really until they smelled money, and that's all they're ever going to be attracted to is… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
Truth is, right now two bombs could drop out of the sky and blow up this house and whatever building you're in and just… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share
The thing is, people can't complain about profit-oriented moves if they're only interested in profit themselves. You can't have it both ways. If they're… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share
What people don't understand is that the underground that existed was created in the early 80s and was thriving throughout the 80s. Until the… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share
I think that people are constantly thinking about capturing things that they're not actually present for the moment they're trying to capture. I'm quite… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share
I'd much rather talk to a 30-year old that survived rough times in their lives [practicing Straight Edge] rather than someone that was harmed… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share
For most people who have or who do identify as or with [song] Straight Edge, I feel like for most people, they're just trying… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share
The Corcoran show was actually almost a reportage. The exhibit was, in many ways, pretty unique. It was one of the first pieces about… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share
The Fugazi Live Series site, when we realized the Internet, the way it works - the speeds and its development - made it possible… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share
I'm always happy when I hear about people selling records or selling books or selling movies. It makes me proud of them. — Ian MacKaye Copy Share
An unlocked door means that, occasionally, you might get a devil come in, but a locked door means you have thousands of angels just… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share
I consider the piano my 'main' instrument and have been playing for as long as I can remember. It seems to me that I… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share
I work so I don't need to make rent through my songs, and I think if more people engaged with music without needing it… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share
Guy Picciotto had a really sound point: Live albums basically have bands playing songs that are available on studio records, and what example can… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share
I think that the idea of straight edge, the song that I wrote, and the way people have related it it, there's some people… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share
![“I work at a record label where I have archives. These things [memorabilia] occurred and are important to somebody, and they're important to me. I find the record industry largely repellent. This music, the Teen Idles, all of that stuff, is important to me. I don't have lawyers, an agent or a…” quote by Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/96e/ian-mackaye-3369_agents_i-work-at-a-record-label-where-i-have-ar_1847246.png)
