--- title: "14 Band Quotes By Ian MacKaye" description: "14 Band quotes by Ian MacKaye. Plus more from Ian MacKaye and more Band sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/ian-mackaye-3369_band_we-were-not-a-band-that-typically-would_3205328.png" --- > [We were not a band that typically would say, "Hello, Whatever Town!"](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/we-were-not-a-band-that-typically-would-say-hello-whatever-town/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/ian-mackaye-3369_band_we-were-not-a-band-that-typically-would_3205328.png) > [When you're in a band and write a song on your own, it isn't fully realized until it goes into somebody else's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/when-you-re-in-a-band-and-write-a-song-on-your-own-it-isn-t-fully/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e21/ian-mackaye-3369_band_when-you-re-in-a-band-and-write-a-song-o_3105913.png) > [When children start to speak they find their own voice by imitating the sounds around them. It would follow that bands do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/when-children-start-to-speak-they-find-their-own-voice-by-imitating/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf4/ian-mackaye-3369_band_when-children-start-to-speak-they-find-t_3071476.png) > [I'm basically in every band I ever was in, and the songs, I still mean them all. I don't take anything back,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/i-m-basically-in-every-band-i-ever-was-in-and-the-songs-i-still-mean/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/158/ian-mackaye-3369_band_i-m-basically-in-every-band-i-ever-was-i_1973052.jpg) > [You had bands like D.O.A., or Black Flag, and a whole network opened up to trailblazer a counter culture movement. I'm more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/you-had-bands-like-d-o-a-or-black-flag-and-a-whole-network-opened-up/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/195/ian-mackaye-3369_band_you-had-bands-like-d-o-a-or-black-flag-a_2333254.jpg) > [Minor Threat was an important band, believe me that it was important it in my life, but it belongs to an era…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/minor-threat-was-an-important-band-believe-me-that-it-was-important/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/957/ian-mackaye-3369_band_minor-threat-was-an-important-band-belie_1740835.jpg) > [We had punks literally protesting Fugazi. I respect a boycott. I respect a conscionable boycott, but of all bands to boycott? Fight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/we-had-punks-literally-protesting-fugazi-i-respect-a-boycott-i/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bb/ian-mackaye-3369_band_we-had-punks-literally-protesting-fugazi_2667015.png) > [I've had people call me from bands that are very popular, and they're like, 'What do we do? We want to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/i-ve-had-people-call-me-from-bands-that-are-very-popular-and-they-re/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30c/ian-mackaye-3369_band_i-ve-had-people-call-me-from-bands-that_2512665.png) > [My focus is always on the day. What I've done behind me, I try to have respect for it, and keep an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/my-focus-is-always-on-the-day-what-i-ve-done-behind-me-i-try-to-have/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f8/ian-mackaye-3369_band_my-focus-is-always-on-the-day-what-i-ve_1843608.jpg) > [ I'm not talking about what came later \[after the American underground punk scene\], indie music, or whatever you want to call it,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/i-m-not-talking-about-what-came-later-after-the-american-underground/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c05/ian-mackaye-3369_band_i-m-not-talking-about-what-came-later-af_3099050.png) > [I consider the guitar a tool for the most part. I do pick up the acoustic now and then, I certainly don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/i-consider-the-guitar-a-tool-for-the-most-part-i-do-pick-up-the/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0c/ian-mackaye-3369_acoustic_i-consider-the-guitar-a-tool-for-the-mos_3207367.png) > [Music is a language and different people who come along are each using that language to do something different, but all coming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/music-is-a-language-and-different-people-who-come-along-are-each/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da7/ian-mackaye-3369_band_music-is-a-language-and-different-people_517597.png) > [Trenchmouth, really great band. Here's a photo of them in 1979 playing the Valley Green projects. It was an incredible, unusual experience.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/trenchmouth-really-great-band-here-s-a-photo-of-them-in-1979-playing/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c9/ian-mackaye-3369_band_trenchmouth-really-great-band-here-s-a-p_721914.png) > [The first time I ever recorded, which was into my boom-box, I was like, 'Wow, check that out.' It sounded great. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/the-first-time-i-ever-recorded-which-was-into-my-boom-box-i-was-like/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05a/ian-mackaye-3369_band_the-first-time-i-ever-recorded-which-was_2642976.png) ## Other authors on Band ## More by Ian MacKaye > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/truth-is-right-now-two-bombs-could-drop-out-of-the-sky-and-blow-up/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) > [I think it's my nature to engage in things that are more difficult.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/i-think-it-s-my-nature-to-engage-in-things-that-are-more-difficult/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/the-thing-is-people-can-t-complain-about-profit-oriented-moves-if/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/what-people-don-t-understand-is-that-the-underground-that-existed-was/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/i-think-that-people-are-constantly-thinking-about-capturing-things/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) > [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/i-d-much-rather-talk-to-a-30-year-old-that-survived-rough-times-in/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) > [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/for-most-people-who-have-or-who-do-identify-as-or-with-song-straight/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) > [The Corcoran show was actually almost a reportage. The exhibit was, in many ways, pretty unique. It was one of the first pieces about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/the-corcoran-show-was-actually-almost-a-reportage-the-exhibit-was-in/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) > [The Fugazi Live Series site, when we realized the Internet, the way it works - the speeds and its development - made it possible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/the-fugazi-live-series-site-when-we-realized-the-internet-the-way-it/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) > [I'm always happy when I hear about people selling records or selling books or selling movies. It makes me proud of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/i-m-always-happy-when-i-hear-about-people-selling-records-or-selling/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) > [An unlocked door means that, occasionally, you might get a devil come in, but a locked door means you have thousands of angels just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/an-unlocked-door-means-that-occasionally-you-might-get-a-devil-come/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) > [I consider the piano my 'main' instrument and have been playing for as long as I can remember. It seems to me that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/i-consider-the-piano-my-main-instrument-and-have-been-playing-for-as/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/i-work-so-i-don-t-need-to-make-rent-through-my-songs-and-i-think-if/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) > [Guy Picciotto had a really sound point: Live albums basically have bands playing songs that are available on studio records, and what example can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/guy-picciotto-had-a-really-sound-point-live-albums-basically-have/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/i-think-that-the-idea-of-straight-edge-the-song-that-i-wrote-and-the/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/band/ian-mackaye/#itemlist", "name": "14 Band Quotes By Ian MacKaye", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We were not a band that typically would say, \"Hello, Whatever Town!\"", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ian MacKaye" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/we-were-not-a-band-that-typically-would-say-hello-whatever-town/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/ian-mackaye-3369_band_we-were-not-a-band-that-typically-would_3205328.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/ian-mackaye-3369_band_we-were-not-a-band-that-typically-would_3205328.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/ian-mackaye-3369_band_we-were-not-a-band-that-typically-would_3205328.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We were not a band that typically would say, \"Hello, Whatever Town!\"” — Ian MacKaye", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When you're in a band and write a song on your own, it isn't fully realized until it goes into somebody else's ears.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ian MacKaye" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/when-you-re-in-a-band-and-write-a-song-on-your-own-it-isn-t-fully/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e21/ian-mackaye-3369_band_when-you-re-in-a-band-and-write-a-song-o_3105913.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e21/ian-mackaye-3369_band_when-you-re-in-a-band-and-write-a-song-o_3105913.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e21/ian-mackaye-3369_band_when-you-re-in-a-band-and-write-a-song-o_3105913.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When you're in a band and write a song on your own, it isn't fully realized until it goes into somebody…” — Ian MacKaye", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When children start to speak they find their own voice by imitating the sounds around them. 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You can't just do it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ian MacKaye" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/i-ve-had-people-call-me-from-bands-that-are-very-popular-and-they-re/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30c/ian-mackaye-3369_band_i-ve-had-people-call-me-from-bands-that_2512665.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30c/ian-mackaye-3369_band_i-ve-had-people-call-me-from-bands-that_2512665.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30c/ian-mackaye-3369_band_i-ve-had-people-call-me-from-bands-that_2512665.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've had people call me from bands that are very popular, and they're like, 'What do we do? We want to do…” — Ian MacKaye", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My focus is always on the day. What I've done behind me, I try to have respect for it, and keep an eye on it, and make sure it isn't abused, and obviously be thoughtful about it, because it's all real to me. I'm basically in every band I ever was in, and the songs, I still mean them all.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ian MacKaye" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/my-focus-is-always-on-the-day-what-i-ve-done-behind-me-i-try-to-have/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f8/ian-mackaye-3369_band_my-focus-is-always-on-the-day-what-i-ve_1843608.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f8/ian-mackaye-3369_band_my-focus-is-always-on-the-day-what-i-ve_1843608.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f8/ian-mackaye-3369_band_my-focus-is-always-on-the-day-what-i-ve_1843608.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My focus is always on the day. 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