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

There are three things: to walk, to see, and to see what you see. — Benton MacKaye

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Joe Strummer, Johnny Rotten, and Ian MacKaye were all people who really made me see things differently. — Henry Rollins

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I just have work to do; I just do it. — Ian MacKaye

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

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

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