“My focus is always on the day. What I've done behind me, I try to have respect for it, and keep an eye on it, and make sure it isn't abused, and obviously be thoughtful about it, because it's all real to me. I'm basically in every band I ever was in, and the songs, I still mean them all.” TryingMeanStillsRealDoneEyeSongBehindsFocusBandThoughtful Author:Ian MacKaye
“I'm basically in every band I ever was in, and the songs, I still mean them all. I don't take anything back, so I do look after them to some degree. But my main focus is on what I'm doing now.” LooksMeanStillsSongFocusBandDegrees 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
“I mean, why do people fight over sports? Because of the framework, the schematic of sports, those particular people seize upon these opportunities to be violent. And the number one problem using the same framework would be religion.” PeopleMeanProblemWould BeFightingOpportunitySportsNumbersParticularViolentFramework Author: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.” MeanMightWalksDoorsDevilAngelLockedLocked Doors Author:Ian MacKaye
“Part of the way the work world works is not so much creating a separation between your work and your free time, but creating the illusion of a separation between your work and your free time. Every day is the weekend for me, which means I'm always busy.” WorldWayMeanCreatingIllusionBusySeparationWeekendFree Time Author:Ian MacKaye
“Skateboarding is not a hobby. And it is not a sport. Skateboarding is a way of learning how to redefine the world around you. For most people, when they saw a swimming pool, they thought, ‘Let's take a swim.' But I thought, ‘Let's ride it.' When they saw the curb or a street, they would think about driving on it. I would think about the texture. I slowly developed the ability to look at the world through totally different means.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayLooksMeanDifferentSportsAbilitySawsStreetsDrivingSwimSwimmingPoolHobbiesTextureCurbSwimming PoolSkateboardingDriving On Author:Ian MacKaye
“We play loud electric guitar music, and we'd hope that that doesn't mean you have to act like an asshole.” MeanPlayGuitarLoudElectricElectric GuitarGuitar Music Author:Ian MacKaye
