And in fact, one of the central reasons why I never got involved with any drugs or anything is that I remember talking to people in maybe 1975 who saw Hendrix but couldn't remember it. I was like, 'How could that be?' Ian MacKaye centraldrugfact share on social
I was into Ted Nugent, I was a Nugent guy. I was a skateboarder listening to Ted Nugent. Ian MacKaye guylistennugent Change image and share on social
I think sometimes my humor is extremely dry, and a lot of times I would say things that I thought were very funny but... I have a reputation of - people think of me as a very fundamentalist, humorless fellow. Ian MacKaye extremelyfellowfundamentalist share on social
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. Ian MacKaye busycreateday share on social
I've always been a bit of a documentarian. Ian MacKaye bitedocumentarianhave Change image and share on social
Yeah, if someone's selling downloads and collecting money for our songs I would be unhappy about that but if they're trading it I don't mind, obviously if I make a thousand records or CDs or whatever, I like to sell a thousand. Ian MacKaye collectdownloadmake share on social
There are many things that people do happily that I can't imagine why they would do it... But I have to say that even though I am critical or judgmental of society at large, I'm not critical of people individually. We are who we are. Ian MacKaye criticalhappilyimagine share on social
The first time I ever recorded, which was into my boom-box, I was like, 'Wow, check that out.' It sounded great. The narcotic of it was so intense - it was pleasurable. I was like, 'You sound like a band.' Then I ended up spending the rest of my life trying to chase that initial high again. Ian MacKaye bandboombox share on social
I consider the piano my 'main' instrument and have been playing for as long as I can remember. It seems to me that I might have come up with something resembling a song as early as 4 or 5 years old. Ian MacKaye earlyinstrumentlong Change image and share on social
When children start to speak they find their own voice by imitating the sounds around them. It would follow that bands do the same. Bands will find their own voice at some point. Ian MacKaye bandchildfind Change image and share on social