Ultimately, I'm not the most prolific person, but I've been doing this for a long time, and I keep on putting out music. The only thing that drives music is the people who are making it. Ian MacKaye drivehavelong Change image and share on social
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. Ian MacKaye abusebandbasically share on social
Music is a language and different people who come along are each using that language to do something different, but all coming at it in a similar vein inasmuch as it's always community based and for the most part nonprofit. Most bands don't ever come within a mile of profit - clearly these people are not playing music to make money. Ian MacKaye bandbasecome share on social
I stand behind all the lyrics I've ever written; I don't have a problem with that. Ian MacKaye havelyricproblem Change image and share on social
There are certainly good examples of incredibly brilliant, beautiful music that has been made commercially available and sold everywhere. But I would say that, for the most part, quantity certainly does not speak well for quality. Ian MacKaye beautifulbrilliantcommercially share on social
I feel completely fortunate to have this outlet for something I don't really feel like I have a choice in, to make music. I've got to make it. Ian MacKaye choicecompletelyfeel Change image and share on social
I've done thousands of interviews in my life, and it's a format that I quite enjoy, because I think of questions in interviews as an opportunity to sort of gauge my growth in a way. It gives me an idea of how I'm navigating this world that I'm in. Ian MacKaye enjoyformatgauge share on social
I'm not a religious person, and I'm not too interested in being a part of a religion, but I do like having some sort of communal gathering, and having some sense of peoples. Ian MacKaye communalgatherinterest Change image and share on social
With Napster and the sharing of music, of course, there are going to be people who exploit it. Greed has no end. But there's a lot of good that could happen. We shouldn't let the economic concerns of the major labels infringe on our freedom to share music. Ian MacKaye concerneconomicend share on social
Basically we just created our own label, but again we just did it to document our own music and create our own thing, so the major labels were just always out of our picture, we're not interested. Ian MacKaye basicallycreatedocument Change image and share on social