“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.” IfsRealStatesFeelingsAmericaHatePoorStupidCriminalsNationalismOffenseMafiaCountyFraternityImmediate Family 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.” PeopleWayKindIdeasRealSeemsEvilNormalCreatingHeroicInabilityPersonaMisleadUnderground Music Author:Ian Svenonius