Ian MacKaye

We play loud electric guitar music, and we'd hope that that doesn't mean you have to act like an asshole.

— Ian MacKaye

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

When you're in a band and write a song on your own, it isn't fully realized until it goes into somebody else's…

— 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.

— Ian MacKaye

Ultimately, if circumstances line-up in a way that makes it possible for Fugazi to play and the desire was there, we would…

— Ian MacKaye

The archiving industry, much like the funeral industry and the wedding industry, these industries can be very exploitative.

— Ian MacKaye

I was into Ted Nugent, I was a Nugent guy. I was a skateboarder listening to Ted Nugent.

— Ian MacKaye

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

— Ian MacKaye

Minor Threat was an important band, believe me that it was important it in my life, but it belongs to an era…

— 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…

— Ian MacKaye

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

— Ian MacKaye

I'm not a religious person, and I'm not too interested in being a part of a religion, but I do like having…

— Ian MacKaye

Columbia Heights was a poor, messed up area, and the church was in the middle of it. What happened inside was a…

— Ian MacKaye

I don't dismiss the music that I was involved with, I don't think it was a joke, I don't think it was…

— Ian MacKaye

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

— Ian MacKaye

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

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

— Ian MacKaye

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

— Ian MacKaye

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

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

— 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…

— Ian MacKaye

I put my name on that Occupy Musicians list because someone wrote to me and said, "Would you do this?" I said,…

— Ian MacKaye

All we wanted to do was to make live records all available. For us, the idea is to make it all available…

— Ian MacKaye

I don't think it's an ethical or moral issue, or even that people are stupid, but I do feel like as a…

— Ian MacKaye

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

— Ian MacKaye

I don't watch TV but occasionally I'll read the Washington Post. I will say that sports are the only "real thing" on…

— Ian MacKaye

An unlocked door means that, occasionally, you might get a devil come in, but a locked door means you have thousands of…

— Ian MacKaye

I do not consider myself a teddybear. Just to be clear, I don't feel sorry for myself.

— Ian MacKaye

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

— Ian MacKaye

It's so interesting that humanity has to be defined by emotional strife or something. I don't buy into that.

— Ian MacKaye

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

As far as the bands that are reforming now, it's always nice to see old friends and hear some of those great…

— Ian MacKaye

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

— Ian MacKaye

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

— Ian MacKaye

Record labels have enjoyed a 100-year monopoly of selling plastic and now they're up against a different format.

— Ian MacKaye

Yeah, if someone's selling downloads and collecting money for our songs I would be unhappy about that but if they're trading it…

— Ian MacKaye

Getting your letters or pictures digitized. I don't think it's that important. The more you spend on your materials, you're given the…

— Ian MacKaye

I feel quite connected to the past, and my memory. Everything that I've ever done I can still relate to, and feel…

— Ian MacKaye

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

— Ian MacKaye

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