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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1991 for some people was a significant year in terms of punk rock. It was the year "punk broke". — 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
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 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'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
You can hear a real shift. You listen to the late 80s recordings, you'll hear us engaging with the audience, dealing with… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
People will say "You must miss playing to a thousand people." But I don't. I might miss playing. That's what I would… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
I'm not a sports guy. However it's interesting to be in a place where people have a sporting fever. One time I… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
I always appreciate when people save, and more importantly, share. As we speak, there are people in this world - mostly men… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
I think about Dischord. There's been a pretty consistent notion that Dischord have been some sort of "overlords" of the scene. Some… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
The amount of money that people spend on saving stuff, they try to feed you this idea that it's more important. — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
One of my friends was a stage hand at a Bob Dylan show in the mid-90s and I remember him telling me… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
My point of view is, I'm just a person, and there are times when I look at other people and think, 'My… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
What does bother me is that I have to spend time and energy dealing with the ramifications of what people do think… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
Now anyone can move anywhere. I've made deep connections with people around the world since I tour everywhere that I will simply… — 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
