"Every song I ever wrote, I wrote to……" — Ian MacKaye
"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 have a dollar or knowing that some kid was listening to my song, I'd go with the kid listening to my song."
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43 Quotes by Ian MacKaye
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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…
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I think that the idea of straight edge, the song that I wrote, and the way people have related it…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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