"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."

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Ian MacKaye

#People Quotes #Community Quotes #Playing Music Quotes

“Although I like the work I've done in the past, I like what I'm writing now even more.”

Source : "Q&A: Mann & Weil on surving as songwriters". Interview with Steve Sailer, www.upi.com. July 25, 2002.
“We sometimes condemn the present, by praising the past; and show our contempt of what is now, by our esteem for what is no more.”
“As unnatural as dancing is, you have to find a natural way to do the unnatural.”
“I'm like, OK, God, if there is an open door for me somewhere, this is what I always pray, I'm like, don't let me miss the open door. Show me where the open door is.”
“An unexamined idea, to paraphrase Socrates, is not worth having and a society whose ideas are never explored for possible error may eventually find its foundations insecure.”

Source : Mark Van Doren (1954*). “Man's right to knowledge and the free use thereof”
“You dont grow up in a town of 700 thinking youre going to be an actress. I loved doing [school] plays, but it was just something to keep me busy.”
“Sometimes, we are so attached to our way of life that we turn down wonderful opportunities simply because don't know what to do with it.”
“The issue is: how do you engage the audience? And one of the things I talk to our communicators about is: The outline is great; the stories are great. But how do you engage them? How do you make it feel like we are on a journey, not you are just up there giving me information.”

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