Ian MacKaye Quotes
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.
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I make a living playing rock n' roll. I'm not going to complain about anything.
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My mother always told me if you write about life, you will always be in the game. Just don't write songs... write life. I decided to take her up on that.
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Economic growth is important. But we cannot count on economic growth alone to fund the public education system our children need and deserve.
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Love without desire is a delusion: it does not exist in nature.
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Every song, the title dictates the architecture of the song.
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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.
