“I think what we took away from first hearing about the punk stuff in England and then the early American punk stuff was a sense of self-definition and also sort of playing music for music's sake and being part of a family for family's sake.” ThinkingFirstsSelfStuffEnglandSakeDefinitionsHearingPunkSense Of SelfPlaying Music Author:Ian MacKaye
“Let's say for instance people say, "He's a really totalitarian, strict guy, he's hard to work with or whatever." I don't think it's true, but people's perception of me leads that direction, like I'm a fundamentalist person. I end up having to spend extra time saying, "I'm not a fundamentalist." I have other stuff to do.” PeopleThinkingPersonsEndsHardGuyStuffPerceptionInstanceExtrasStrictFundamentalistExtra Time Author:Ian MacKaye
“I work at a record label where I have archives. These things [memorabilia] occurred and are important to somebody, and they're important to me. I find the record industry largely repellent. This music, the Teen Idles, all of that stuff, is important to me. I don't have lawyers, an agent or a manager. However I find the music industry largely repellent. I just make records because that's what I love to do. So I think that era, those pieces of media, I keep in my collection.” ThinkingImportantStuffRecordsPiecesMediaIndustryLawyerAgentsManagersLabelsErasCollectionsMusic IndustryArchivesRecord Labels 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
“I have a lot of stuff. Slowly I'm getting all my materials organized.” StuffMaterialsOrganized Author: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.” StuffOriginalsBoardsSkateboarder 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
“The food thing is crazy to me. In this town the beer thing is also crazy to me. Frankly even with Brightest Young Things, it's such a celebration of [beer and food], all this stuff. I don't think it's bad or evil, but there's something out of bounds. It's like, "A bar opened!" Who cares? Think about that.” ThinkingCareYoungEvilStuffCrazyTownsBoundsBarsBeerCelebrationWho Cares Author:Ian MacKaye
