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A record shop is a place that makes the speaker proud when people sell books, movies, or music. He warns that people who only care about profit can’t complain when profit‑driven moves hurt others. He also talks about the straight‑edge movement, saying it’s about doing the right thing even if some misuse it.

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The amount of money that people spend on saving stuff, they try to feed you this idea that it's more important.

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I'm always happy when I hear about people selling records or selling books or selling movies. It makes me proud of them.

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If people want new music then they are going to have to figure out a way to be patrons of the arts.…

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1991 for some people was a significant year in terms of punk rock. It was the year "punk broke".

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The only thing that drives music is the people who are making it.

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It's just hard to have a nuanced discussion with like a thousand people, 30 of which are white-power skinheads.

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Structures can be manipulated for ill as well, especially when people are dealing with issues of power, or control, or violence.

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What does bother me is that I have to spend time and energy dealing with the ramifications of what people do think…

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My point of view is, I'm just a person, and there are times when I look at other people and think, 'My…

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For most people who have or who do identify as or with [song] Straight Edge, I feel like for most people, they're…

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Ultimately, I'm not the most prolific person, but I've been doing this for a long time, and I keep on putting out…

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When people who are songwriters say 'That's my property and if you give it away for free then I'll lose my incentive,'…

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I had a bartender friend once tell me about a $14.00 shot of vodka, this was years ago it's probably more now.…

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Now anyone can move anywhere. I've made deep connections with people around the world since I tour everywhere that I will simply…

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I mean, why do people fight over sports? Because of the framework, the schematic of sports, those particular people seize upon these…

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I've had people call me from bands that are very popular, and they're like, 'What do we do? We want to do…

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I think that the idea of straight edge, the song that I wrote, and the way people have related it it, there's…

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One of my friends was a stage hand at a Bob Dylan show in the mid-90s and I remember him telling me…

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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.…

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I think that people are constantly thinking about capturing things that they're not actually present for the moment they're trying to capture.…

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At every election, my vote goes to the candidate less likely to declare war. You're dropping hugely expensive pieces of exploding metal…

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Music is a language and different people who come along are each using that language to do something different, but all coming…

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I'm all for file sharing. That's great - as long as people are prepared for the significant consequences. One is that music…

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I always appreciate when people save, and more importantly, share. As we speak, there are people in this world - mostly men…

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And in fact, one of the central reasons why I never got involved with any drugs or anything is that I remember…

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I don't need any more avenues of communication, and frankly I think people are still working out to realize that it's just…

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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…

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I'm a fifth generation Washingtonian and I was born and raised here. My kid's a sixth generation Washingtonian. Honestly I wish people…

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I have stuff from 1979, 1980 in my collection. But I also have things from 2012. So I don't know if it's…

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I think sometimes my humor is extremely dry, and a lot of times I would say things that I thought were very…

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In the 90s, there was a yahoo factor where there would be 50 people crowd surfing at one time! It was insane,…

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With Napster and the sharing of music, of course, there are going to be people who exploit it. Greed has no end.…

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That's a Roman concept where the government can do anything, as long as you give the people "bread and circuses." And I'd…

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People will say "You must miss playing to a thousand people." But I don't. I might miss playing. That's what I would…

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I work so I don't need to make rent through my songs, and I think if more people engaged with music without…

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There are many things that people do happily that I can't imagine why they would do it... But I have to say…

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In the late 90s, there was a reverse. Everyone would stand stock still and be so attentive and quiet. But then, it…

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It makes me sad, the way human beings talk smack. It's why I don't like irony. People are too gleeful to put…

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I'm not a sports guy. However it's interesting to be in a place where people have a sporting fever. One time I…

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One aspect of our site that I really appreciate is how I put up as much information as I've been able to…

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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…