"What I find interesting as a 40-year-old is……" — Ian MacKaye
"What I find interesting as a 40-year-old is the idea of trying to be a part of a pronounced, continuing independent culture. The basic tenet of America is that you rebel and then you get real."
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43 Quotes by Ian MacKaye
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Skateboarding is not a hobby. And it is not a sport. Skateboarding is a way of learning how to redefine…
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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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Every song I ever wrote, I wrote to be heard. So, if I was given a choice that 50 years…
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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.…
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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…
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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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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…
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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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I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just…
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My Latin temper blows up pretty fast, but it goes down just as fast. Maybe that's why you seldom hear…
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When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price.
— Arthur Ashe
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Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he…
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Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and…
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There's no lack of writers writing novels in America, about America. Therefore, it seems to me it would be wasteful…
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God bless the USA, so large, so friendly, and so rich.
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You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people think of a secret as…
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A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them. Even a rich man thinks…
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It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself…
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If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do…
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