“I've done thousands of interviews in my life, and it's a format that I quite enjoy, because I think of questions in interviews as an opportunity to sort of gauge my growth in a way. It gives me an idea of how I'm navigating this world that I'm in.” ThinkingWorldWayGivingIdeasDoneOpportunityEnjoyGrowthThis WorldGive MeInterviewsFormatGauges Author:Ian MacKaye
“Archiving is extremely expensive and time consuming. I'm sure an archivist would tell me I'm doing it wrong. It's an industry that's built upon essential ideas, and some of those practices are abusive.” IdeasPracticeIndustryEssentialsBuiltExpensiveConsumingAbusiveTime ConsumingArchivists Author:Ian MacKaye
“The amount of money that people spend on saving stuff, they try to feed you this idea that it's more important.” PeopleTryingImportantIdeasStuffAmountSaving Author:Ian MacKaye
“I do remember seeing Godspell or Jesus Christ Superstar, one of those. It was a liberation theology venue. Anything radical seemed to be accepted there. I definitely picked up the idea there that you should question authority.” ShouldIdeasRememberJesusChristSeeingAuthorityJesus ChristAcceptedTheologyRadicalLiberationSuperstarVenuesJesus Christ Superstar Author:Ian MacKaye
“I think that the idea of straight edge, the song that I wrote, and the way people have related it it, there's some people who have abused it, they've allowed their fundamentalism to interfere with the real message, which in my mind, was that people should be allowed to live their lives the way they want to.” PeopleThinkingWayWantShouldMindIdeasRealSongMessagesEdgesRelatedInterfereFundamentalismStraight Edge Author:Ian MacKaye
“People ask me: ‘What is punk? How do you define punk?' Here's how I define punk: It's a free space. It could be called jazz. It could be called hip-hop. It could be called blues, or rock, or beat. It could be called techno. It's just a new idea. For me, it was punk rock. That was my entrance to this idea of the new ideas being able to be presented in an environment that wasn't being dictated by a profit motive.” PeopleIdeasAbleAsksSpaceEnvironmentRocksBeatsJazzProfitHip HopHipsAsk MeMotiveHopsPunkNew IdeasEntrancesPunk RockTechnoProfit Motive Author:Ian MacKaye
“American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up. My idea was: Enjoy baking, sell your bread, people like it, sell more. Keep the bakery going because you're making good food and people are happy.” PeopleIdeasEnjoySellsBreadSellingDevelopingProfitableBakingGood FoodAmerican BusinessBakeries Author:Ian MacKaye
