“It was part of a financial situation. I could only afford records in thrift stores. Then you could find wonderful things, but now everything is a collectible. I like the recycling idea --using the stuff that people don't want anymore, and make new music out of it. There was an element of looking back and listening to your parents' records and doing something with that stuff. Sort of acknowledging the past while rejecting it at the same time.”
![“I work at a record label where I have archives. These things [memorabilia] occurred and are important to somebody, and they're important to me. I find the record industry largely repellent. This music, the Teen Idles, all of that stuff, is important to me. I don't have lawyers, an agent or a…” quote by Ian MacKaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/96e/ian-mackaye-3369_agents_i-work-at-a-record-label-where-i-have-ar_1847246.jpg)
![“[Photography] can be tiny, on your phone, or it can be a billboard, or a film-sized projection, or printed in a magazine. I don't think we've been in a time before when so much photography is available in so many formats, when everybody is a photographer.” quote by Christian Marclay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c43/christian-marclay-23269_available_photography-can-be-tiny-on-your-phone-or_479114.jpg)
![“I buy mainly Beatles bootlegs and stuff like that. I'm hoping I can go there today. My dad buys my drawings and he re-sells them for quite a bit more and then he puts the money in my savings. I just draw all the time and he buys and I get a lot money [laughs]. It's great. My dad's my best manager…” quote by Daniel Johnston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a33/daniel-johnston-28614_able_i-buy-mainly-beatles-bootlegs-and-stuff_3111656.jpg)