My focus is always on the day. What Ive done behind me, I try to have respect for it, and keep an eye on it, and make sure it isnt abused, and obviously be thoughtful about it, because its all real to me. Im basically in every band I ever was in, and the songs, I still mean them all. – Ian MacKaye
Im always happy when I hear about people selling records or selling books or selling movies. It makes me proud of them. – Ian MacKaye
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
With Napster and the sharing of music, of course, there are going to be people who exploit it. Greed has no end. But theres a lot of good that could happen. We shouldnt let the economic concerns of the major labels infringe on our freedom to share music. – Ian MacKaye