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
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
And in fact, one of the central reasons why I never got involved with any drugs or anything is that I remember… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The fact that the U.S. government spends millions of dollars to send murderous robot planes into other people's land to murder them,… — 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
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
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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