--- title: "12 Trying Quotes By Ian MacKaye" description: "12 Trying quotes by Ian MacKaye. Plus more from Ian MacKaye and more Trying sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/912/ian-mackaye-3369_air_as-hard-as-you-try-and-create-narratives_2583988.png" --- > [As hard as you try and create narratives about sports, once the ball is in the air, there's not a damn thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/as-hard-as-you-try-and-create-narratives-about-sports-once-the-ball/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/912/ian-mackaye-3369_air_as-hard-as-you-try-and-create-narratives_2583988.png) > [ For most people who have or who do identify as or with \[song\] Straight Edge, I feel like for most people, they're… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/for-most-people-who-have-or-who-do-identify-as-or-with-song-straight/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/243/ian-mackaye-3369_edges_for-most-people-who-have-or-who-do-ident_137475.png) > [I have other projects to do. I try not to let that documentation interfere with my present day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/i-have-other-projects-to-do-i-try-not-to-let-that-documentation/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4be/ian-mackaye-3369_documentation_i-have-other-projects-to-do-i-try-not-to_2222955.png) > [The amount of money that people spend on saving stuff, they try to feed you this idea that it's more important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/the-amount-of-money-that-people-spend-on-saving-stuff-they-try-to/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a27/ian-mackaye-3369_amount_the-amount-of-money-that-people-spend-on_2822211.png) > [My focus is always on the day. What I've done behind me, I try to have respect for it, and keep an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/my-focus-is-always-on-the-day-what-i-ve-done-behind-me-i-try-to-have/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f8/ian-mackaye-3369_band_my-focus-is-always-on-the-day-what-i-ve_1843608.jpg) > [What I find interesting as a 40-year-old is the idea of trying to be a part of a pronounced, continuing independent culture.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/what-i-find-interesting-as-a-40-year-old-is-the-idea-of-trying-to-be/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2e/ian-mackaye-3369_america_what-i-find-interesting-as-a-40-year-old_725505.png) > [I jump from one thing to the next but try and strike a balance. But it's not nostalgic in the sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/i-jump-from-one-thing-to-the-next-but-try-and-strike-a-balance-but-it/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdf/ian-mackaye-3369_balance_i-jump-from-one-thing-to-the-next-but-tr_1252846.png) > [The first time I ever recorded, which was into my boom-box, I was like, 'Wow, check that out.' It sounded great. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/the-first-time-i-ever-recorded-which-was-into-my-boom-box-i-was-like/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05a/ian-mackaye-3369_band_the-first-time-i-ever-recorded-which-was_2642976.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/ultimately-i-know-what-i-m-doing-and-why-i-m-doing-it-i-m-trying-to/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7b/ian-mackaye-3369_construction_ultimately-i-know-what-i-m-doing-and-why_1571439.png) > [I actually looked up in my journal trying to figure out some dates and, in January 1991, America is about to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/i-actually-looked-up-in-my-journal-trying-to-figure-out-some-dates/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e0/ian-mackaye-3369_country_i-actually-looked-up-in-my-journal-tryin_2860001.png) > [Guy Picciotto had a really sound point: Live albums basically have bands playing songs that are available on studio records, and what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/guy-picciotto-had-a-really-sound-point-live-albums-basically-have/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/231/ian-mackaye-3369_energy_guy-picciotto-had-a-really-sound-point-l_256552.jpg) > [I think that people are constantly thinking about capturing things that they're not actually present for the moment they're trying to capture.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/i-think-that-people-are-constantly-thinking-about-capturing-things/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/369/ian-mackaye-3369_capture_i-think-that-people-are-constantly-think_76314.jpg) ## Other authors on Trying ## More by Ian MacKaye > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/truth-is-right-now-two-bombs-could-drop-out-of-the-sky-and-blow-up/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) > [I think it's my nature to engage in things that are more difficult.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/i-think-it-s-my-nature-to-engage-in-things-that-are-more-difficult/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/the-thing-is-people-can-t-complain-about-profit-oriented-moves-if/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/what-people-don-t-understand-is-that-the-underground-that-existed-was/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/i-think-that-people-are-constantly-thinking-about-capturing-things/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) > [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/i-d-much-rather-talk-to-a-30-year-old-that-survived-rough-times-in/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) > [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/for-most-people-who-have-or-who-do-identify-as-or-with-song-straight/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) > [The Corcoran show was actually almost a reportage. The exhibit was, in many ways, pretty unique. It was one of the first pieces about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/the-corcoran-show-was-actually-almost-a-reportage-the-exhibit-was-in/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) > [The Fugazi Live Series site, when we realized the Internet, the way it works - the speeds and its development - made it possible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/the-fugazi-live-series-site-when-we-realized-the-internet-the-way-it/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) > [I'm always happy when I hear about people selling records or selling books or selling movies. It makes me proud of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/i-m-always-happy-when-i-hear-about-people-selling-records-or-selling/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) > [An unlocked door means that, occasionally, you might get a devil come in, but a locked door means you have thousands of angels just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/an-unlocked-door-means-that-occasionally-you-might-get-a-devil-come/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) > [I consider the piano my 'main' instrument and have been playing for as long as I can remember. It seems to me that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/i-consider-the-piano-my-main-instrument-and-have-been-playing-for-as/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) > [I work so I don't need to make rent through my songs, and I think if more people engaged with music without needing it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/i-work-so-i-don-t-need-to-make-rent-through-my-songs-and-i-think-if/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) > [Guy Picciotto had a really sound point: Live albums basically have bands playing songs that are available on studio records, and what example can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/guy-picciotto-had-a-really-sound-point-live-albums-basically-have/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/i-think-that-the-idea-of-straight-edge-the-song-that-i-wrote-and-the/) [Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mackaye/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/trying/ian-mackaye/#itemlist", "name": "12 Trying Quotes By Ian MacKaye", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As hard as you try and create narratives about sports, once the ball is in the air, there's not a damn thing you can do about it, it's just very real.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ian MacKaye" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/as-hard-as-you-try-and-create-narratives-about-sports-once-the-ball/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/912/ian-mackaye-3369_air_as-hard-as-you-try-and-create-narratives_2583988.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/912/ian-mackaye-3369_air_as-hard-as-you-try-and-create-narratives_2583988.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/912/ian-mackaye-3369_air_as-hard-as-you-try-and-create-narratives_2583988.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As hard as you try and create narratives about sports, once the ball is in the air, there's not a damn thing…” — Ian MacKaye", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ian MacKaye" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mackaye/for-most-people-who-have-or-who-do-identify-as-or-with-song-straight/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/243/ian-mackaye-3369_edges_for-most-people-who-have-or-who-do-ident_137475.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/243/ian-mackaye-3369_edges_for-most-people-who-have-or-who-do-ident_137475.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/243/ian-mackaye-3369_edges_for-most-people-who-have-or-who-do-ident_137475.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For most people who have or who do identify as or with [song] Straight Edge, I feel like for most people…” — Ian MacKaye", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have other projects to do. 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