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Ian Svenonius Biography

Musician

Ian Svenonius is an American musician known for his contributions to the indie rock and punk music scenes. Born in 1968, he is celebrated for his unique musical style and stage presence.

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“If your moon sign is in Leo, you have a lot of empathy for Leos. You empathize with their approach and their aims and their aura.”

Ifs Moon Approach Empathy Aim Auras

Author:Ian Svenonius

“I don't like the triumphalism of the American narrative, this kind of "chosen people" complex that American people have, so it's inspiring to see people snub their noses at the American empire and succeed.”

People Kind Succeed Complexes Chosen Narrative Noses Empires American Empire

Author:Ian Svenonius

“Cool thing about Fidel Castro is that the CIA and the mafia - which are both terrible organizations that tried to murder him again and again - haven't succeeded.”

Havens Terrible Organization Murder Again And Again Mafia Cia Castro Cool Things

Author:Ian Svenonius

“We live in a unipolar world at this point with America as a moral arbiter and the whole morality is based on this insane corporatocracy.”

World Whole America Moral Morality Insane Arbiter

Author:Ian Svenonius

“A lot of people come to America all the time for economic opportunities. This country is this huge work farm and you can make a lot of money here.”

People Country America Opportunity Economic Huge Farms Lots Of Money

Author:Ian Svenonius

“If a Cuban refugee is escaping, we're saying they're a political refugee, but why isn't a Haitian refugee a political refugee? They're escaping the capitalism and degradation of economic imperialism. We don't call them political refugees; we call them unfortunate people.”

People Ifs Political Economic Capitalism Unfortunate Refugee Imperialism Degradation Escaping Cuban Haitian

Author:Ian Svenonius

“What is music in America? It's this stand-in for political action in a lot of senses. We have no democracy and we have no art culture, and we've long considered politics nebbish-y and hopelessly unsexy. So a lot of what would be considered political activism is channeled into cultural work.”

Long Art Would Be Action America Political Culture Democracy Activism Senses Political Action Political Activism

Author:Ian Svenonius

“There's no real nationalism in this county. If you're poor in America, that's a criminal offense. You're not only a criminal for being poor, but you're also stupid and deficient. We don't have this national feeling of fraternity. We live in an individualist state where everyone hates everyone else, except your immediate family. We live in a mafia state.”

Ifs Real States Feelings America Hate Poor Stupid Criminals Nationalism Offense Mafia County Fraternity Immediate Family

Author:Ian Svenonius

“When a capitalist looks at the river, all they can think about is, "How can I pollute this river and destroy it and make money from it?"”

Thinking Looks Rivers Making Money Capitalist

Author:Ian Svenonius

“I love lyrics. I've always been averse to the straight lyric idea. I guess a big part of it is, that songs that are literary always turn me off. Because they feel so abstract. Like a song. What is a song? We have to remember what the function of a concert and the function of playing a song for people are. It's all become really abstracted.”

People Feels Ideas Bigs Remember Song Turns Function Abstract Concerts Turn Me

Author:Ian Svenonius

“In underground music, there seems to be this real inability for people to express themselves in any kind of heroic or mythological way. There's this idea that we're all normal joes, and that creating a persona onstage or having schtick is somehow false and misleading and evil.”

People Way Kind Ideas Real Seems Evil Normal Creating Heroic Inability Persona Mislead Underground Music

Author:Ian Svenonius

“Kanye West hasn't really done anything worthwhile-- except maybe musically, I haven't heard him. But he hasn't overthrown the government.”

Done Government Heard Havens West Worthwhile

Author:Ian Svenonius

About the Author

Born: 1968
Known for: Musician
Quotes: 12

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