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
Structures can be manipulated for ill as well, especially when people are dealing with issues of power, or control, or violence. — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
It's just hard to have a nuanced discussion with like a thousand people, 30 of which are white-power skinheads. — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
1991 for some people was a significant year in terms of punk rock. It was the year "punk broke". — 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
Ultimately, I know what I'm doing and why I'm doing it. I'm trying to be a construction worker. I'm trying to make… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
I'm a fifth generation Washingtonian and I was born and raised here. My kid's a sixth generation Washingtonian. Honestly I wish people… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I mean, why do people fight over sports? Because of the framework, the schematic of sports, those particular people seize upon these… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
I had a bartender friend once tell me about a $14.00 shot of vodka, this was years ago it's probably more now.… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
I don't need any more avenues of communication, and frankly I think people are still working out to realize that it's just… — 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
For most people who have or who do identify as or with [song] Straight Edge, I feel like for most people, they're… — 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… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
One aspect of our site that I really appreciate is how I put up as much information as I've been able to… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
At every election, my vote goes to the candidate less likely to declare war. You're dropping hugely expensive pieces of exploding metal… — 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.… — 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
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.… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
I think that the idea of straight edge, the song that I wrote, and the way people have related it it, there's… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
Let's say for instance people say, "He's a really totalitarian, strict guy, he's hard to work with or whatever." I don't think… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
When people who are songwriters say 'That's my property and if you give it away for free then I'll lose my incentive,'… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
It makes me sad, the way human beings talk smack. It's why I don't like irony. People are too gleeful to put… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
In the late 90s, there was a reverse. Everyone would stand stock still and be so attentive and quiet. But then, it… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
There are many things that people do happily that I can't imagine why they would do it... But I have to say… — 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
I have stuff from 1979, 1980 in my collection. But I also have things from 2012. So I don't know if it's… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
That's a Roman concept where the government can do anything, as long as you give the people "bread and circuses." And I'd… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
I think sometimes my humor is extremely dry, and a lot of times I would say things that I thought were very… — 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
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
What people don't understand is that the underground that existed was created in the early 80s and was thriving throughout the 80s.… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
Skateboarding is not a hobby. And it is not a sport. Skateboarding is a way of learning how to redefine the world… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
It doesn't hurt me on a personal level, but it hurts me on a larger level of like, why are people so… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
People ask me: ‘What is punk? How do you define punk?' Here's how I define punk: It's a free space. It could… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
All we wanted to do was to make live records all available. For us, the idea is to make it all available… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
I put my name on that Occupy Musicians list because someone wrote to me and said, "Would you do this?" I said,… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
I don't think it's an ethical or moral issue, or even that people are stupid, but I do feel like as a… — 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
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