“The thing is, people can't complain about profit-oriented moves if they're only interested in profit themselves. You can't have it both ways. If they're willing to polish up a gift and sell it to make money, they can't really complain about the fact that somebody above them has sold them down the river. That's the way it goes.” PeopleIfsWayFactsMovingWillingRiversSellsProfitComplainingMaking MoneyPolish Author:Ian MacKaye
“I work so I don't need to make rent through my songs, and I think if more people engaged with music without needing it to provide for their welfare, you're not beholden to anyone.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsSongWelfareEngaged Author:Ian MacKaye
“It doesn't hurt me on a personal level, but it hurts me on a larger level of like, why are people so stupid? Why do we have to go through these unnecessary exercises. Fight crime, don't fight me. If you really want to make a difference don't fight me or Fugazi.” PeopleIfsWantFightingDifferencesHurtLevelsCrimeStupidExerciseMaking A DifferenceUnnecessaryIt HurtsHurt Me Author:Ian MacKaye
“We had punks literally protesting Fugazi. I respect a boycott. I respect a conscionable boycott, but of all bands to boycott? Fight crime. If you really want to get out there, go fight crime.” IfsWantFightingCrimeBandPunkBoycott Author:Ian MacKaye
“I have stuff from 1979, 1980 in my collection. But I also have things from 2012. So I don't know if it's memorabilia as much as it is holding on to things that I find relevant that most people might not.” PeopleIfsKnowsMightStuffCollectionsRelevantHolding OnMemorabilia Author:Ian MacKaye
“"Straight Edge" was a song about my life. There was no structure, no premise as if I was forming a club. There were no tenets. I mean I wrote a song called "Straight Edge," I'll take that, but the song was about my life the way I wanted to live it.” IfsWayMeanWantedSongStructureEdgesClubsPremisesStraight Edge Author:Ian MacKaye
“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.” PeopleIfsGivingWellsLosesPropertySongwritersIncentivesRiddanceGood Riddance Author: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.” IfsYearsKidsSongChoicesGivenKnowingHeardListeningDollars Author:Ian MacKaye
“Yeah, if someone's selling downloads and collecting money for our songs I would be unhappy about that but if they're trading it I don't mind, obviously if I make a thousand records or CDs or whatever, I like to sell a thousand.” IfsMindWould BeSongRecordsThousandYeahSellsUnhappySellingTradingCollectingCdsDownloads Author:Ian MacKaye
“If You Want To Rebel Against Society, Don’t Dull The Blade” IfsWantDullRebelBlades Author:Ian MacKaye
