Ian MacKaye Quotes

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• Skateboarding is not a hobby. And it is not a sport. Skateboarding is a way of learning how to redefine the world around you. For…
• 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 sure…
• 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 who…
• Every song I ever wrote, I wrote to be heard. So, if I was given a choice that 50 years from now I could either…
• People ask me: ‘What is punk? How do you define punk?' Here's how I define punk: It's a free space. It could be called jazz.…
• American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying.…
• Major labels didn't start showing up really until they smelled money, and that's all they're ever going to be attracted to is money-that's the business…
• Yeah, if someone's selling downloads and collecting money for our songs I would be unhappy about that but if they're trading it I don't mind,…
• If You Want To Rebel Against Society, Don’t Dull The Blade
• We play loud electric guitar music, and we'd hope that that doesn't mean you have to act like an asshole.
• I think sometimes my humor is extremely dry, and a lot of times I would say things that I thought were very funny but... I…
• The first time I ever recorded, which was into my boom-box, I was like, 'Wow, check that out.' It sounded great. The narcotic of it…
• My point of view is, I'm just a person, and there are times when I look at other people and think, 'My God, they spend…
• I stand behind all the lyrics I've ever written; I don't have a problem with that.
• I just have work to do; I just do it.
• I'm always happy when I hear about people selling records or selling books or selling movies. It makes me proud of them.
• There are certainly good examples of incredibly brilliant, beautiful music that has been made commercially available and sold everywhere. But I would say that, for…
• I've always been a bit of a documentarian.
• To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.
• I'm really anti-option, so computers have been my nightmare with recording. I don't want endless tracks; I want less tracks. I want decisions to be…

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