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Ian MacKaye has 43 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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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…
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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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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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Every song I ever wrote, I wrote to be heard. So, if I was given a choice that 50 years from now…
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People ask me: ‘What is punk? How do you define punk?' Here's how I define punk: It's a free space. It could…
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting…
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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…
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Yeah, if someone's selling downloads and collecting money for our songs I would be unhappy about that but if they're trading it…
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If You Want To Rebel Against Society, Don’t Dull The Blade
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We play loud electric guitar music, and we'd hope that that doesn't mean you have to act like an asshole.
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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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The first time I ever recorded, which was into my boom-box, I was like, 'Wow, check that out.' It sounded great. The…
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If you look at a lot of the songs I've been involved in, there's always been this retro vibe. I started getting…
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