We play loud electric guitar music, and we'd hope that that doesn't mean you have to act like an asshole. — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
If people want new music then they are going to have to figure out a way to be patrons of the arts.… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
I obviously use computers. My car is wondrous. My phone is amazing. I've already talked about the music I'm digitizing. Technology is… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
I think what we took away from first hearing about the punk stuff in England and then the early American punk stuff… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
I feel completely fortunate to have this outlet for something I don't really feel like I have a choice in, to make… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
Ultimately, I'm not the most prolific person, but I've been doing this for a long time, and I keep on putting out… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
Minor Threat was an important band, believe me that it was important it in my life, but it belongs to an era… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
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
In the 90s, there was a yahoo factor where there would be 50 people crowd surfing at one time! It was insane,… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
I'm basically in every band I ever was in, and the songs, I still mean them all. I don't take anything back,… — 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
I don't dismiss the music that I was involved with, I don't think it was a joke, I don't think it was… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
Music is a language and different people who come along are each using that language to do something different, but all coming… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
“We play a show, and there's a hundred people, and people will say "You must miss playing to a thousand people." But… — Ian Mackaye Copy Share Image
I work so I don't need to make rent through my songs, and I think if more people engaged with music without… — 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
There are certainly good examples of incredibly brilliant, beautiful music that has been made commercially available and sold everywhere. But I would… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
I'm all for file sharing. That's great - as long as people are prepared for the significant consequences. One is that music… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
I'm not talking about what came later [after the American underground punk scene], indie music, or whatever you want to call it,… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
![“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/quotes/img-quotes/96e/ian-mackaye-3369_agents_i-work-at-a-record-label-where-i-have-ar_1847246.jpg)
![“I'm not talking about what came later [after the American underground punk scene], indie music, or whatever you want to call it, but the music that came before that - that's an important story. So many interviews with musicians get the time or context wrong. You have these older bands, usually…” quote by Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c05/ian-mackaye-3369_band_i-m-not-talking-about-what-came-later-af_3099050.jpg)
![“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 by a culture of violence.” quote by Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a35/ian-mackaye-3369_culture_i-d-much-rather-talk-to-a-30-year-old-th_76450.jpg)
![“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 to do the right thing.” quote by Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/243/ian-mackaye-3369_edges_for-most-people-who-have-or-who-do-ident_137475.jpg)
