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Ian MacKaye quotes: I've always been a bit of a documentarian.

I've always been a bit of a documentarian.

Ian MacKaye quotes: I don't smoke, don't drink, don't fuck. At least i can fucking think.

I don't smoke, don't drink, don't fuck. At least i can fucking think.

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

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

Ian MacKaye quotes: I stand behind all the lyrics I've ever written; I don't have a problem with that.

I stand behind all the lyrics I've ever written; I don't have a problem with that.

Ian MacKaye quotes: There's also a lot of skateboard stuff, because I was a skateboarder. Somewhere around here I have one of my original boards.

There's also a lot of skateboard stuff, because I was a skateboarder. Somewhere around here I have one of my original boards.

Ian MacKaye quotes: What does bother me is that I have to spend time and energy dealing with the ramifications of what people do think about me.

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

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

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

Ian MacKaye quotes: To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.

To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.

Ian MacKaye quotes: I never imagine myself as anything. I've never had a goal or any future vision at all. I just do what's in front of me.

I never imagine myself as anything. I've never had a goal or any future vision at all. I just do what's in front of me.

Ian MacKaye quotes: I have other projects to do. I try not to let that documentation interfere with my present day.

I have other projects to do. I try not to let that documentation interfere with my present day.

Ian MacKaye quotes: If You Want To Rebel Against Society, Don't Dull The Blade

If You Want To Rebel Against Society, Don't Dull The Blade

Ian MacKaye quotes: When people who are songwriters say 'That's my property and if you give it away for free then I'll lose my incentive,' then, well, good riddance.

When people who are songwriters say 'That's my property and if you give it away for free then I'll lose my incentive,' then, well, good riddance.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ian MacKaye quotes: The amount of money that people spend on saving stuff, they try to feed you this idea that's it's more important.

The amount of money that people spend on saving stuff, they try to feed you this idea that's it's more important.

Ian MacKaye quotes: An unlocked door means that, occasionally, you might get a devil come in, but a locked door means you have thousands of angels just walk by.

An unlocked door means that, occasionally, you might get a devil come in, but a locked door means you have thousands of angels just walk by.

Ian MacKaye quotes: I think it's my nature to engage in things that are more difficult.

I think it's my nature to engage in things that are more difficult.

Ian MacKaye quotes: As hard as you try and create narratives about sports, once the ball is in the air, there's not a damn thing you can do about it, it's just very

As hard as you try and create narratives about sports, once the ball is in the air, there's not a damn thing you can do about it, it's just very real.

Ian MacKaye quotes: I'm always happy when I hear about people selling records or selling books or selling movies. It makes me proud of them.

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 quotes: I feel completely fortunate to have this outlet for something I don't really feel like I have a choice in, to make music. I've got to make it.

I feel completely fortunate to have this outlet for something I don't really feel like I have a choice in, to make music. I've got to make it.

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

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

Ian MacKaye quotes: When someone writes a really nasty piece about me. I think they're generally untrue because I think I'm a nice person.

When someone writes a really nasty piece about me. I think they're generally untrue because I think I'm a nice person.

Ian MacKaye quotes: I just have work to do; I just do it.

I just have work to do; I just do it.

Ian MacKaye quotes: The American underground punk scene, though, is a story worth remembering.

The American underground punk scene, though, is a story worth remembering.

Ian MacKaye quotes: For most people who have or who do identify as or with [song] Straight Edge, I feel like for most people, they're just trying to do the right thing.

For most people who have or who do identify as or with [song] Straight Edge, I feel like for most people, they're just trying to do the right thing.

Ian MacKaye quotes: Now anyone can move anywhere. I've made deep connections with people around the world since I tour everywhere that I will simply never see again.

Now anyone can move anywhere. I've made deep connections with people around the world since I tour everywhere that I will simply never see again.

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

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

Ian MacKaye quotes: It makes me sad, the way human beings talk smack. It's why I don't like irony. People are too gleeful to put some teeth into something.

It makes me sad, the way human beings talk smack. It's why I don't like irony. People are too gleeful to put some teeth into something.

Ian MacKaye quotes: My humor is very dry. To me it doesn't make sense.

My humor is very dry. To me it doesn't make sense.

Ian MacKaye quotes: Why do we celebrate the opening of a bar so much?

Why do we celebrate the opening of a bar so much?

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

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

Ian MacKaye quotes: Bars are meeting places and places to unwind. But at some point, what is culture unwinding from, and why can't they meet anywhere else?

Bars are meeting places and places to unwind. But at some point, what is culture unwinding from, and why can't they meet anywhere else?

Ian MacKaye quotes: I have a lot of stuff. Slowly I'm getting all my materials organized.

I have a lot of stuff. Slowly I'm getting all my materials organized.

Ian MacKaye quotes: I was into Ted Nugent, I was a Nugent guy. I was a skateboarder listening to Ted Nugent.

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

Ian MacKaye quotes: I'm not a sports dude, but I'm interested in the sociological implications of it.

I'm not a sports dude, but I'm interested in the sociological implications of it.