The Only Thing That Drives Music Is

I Work At A Record Label Where I Have Archives. These Things [memorabilia] Occurred And Are Important To Somebody, And They're Important To Me. I Find The Record Industry Largely Repellent. This Music, The Teen Idles, All Of That Stuff, Is Important To Me. I Don't Have Lawyers, An Agent Or A Manager. However I Find The Music Industry Largely Repellent. I Just Make Records Because That's What I Love To Do. So I Think That Era, Those Pieces Of Media, I Keep In My Collection.

Ultimately, If Circumstances Line-up In A Way That Makes It Possible For Fugazi To Play And The Desire Was There, We Would Do That.

What People Don't Understand Is That The Underground That Existed Was Created In The Early 80s And Was Thriving Throughout The 80s. Until The Industry Showed Up It Was A Pretty Significant Network. It Was All Happening, But The Smell Of Money Had Not Wafted Up High Enough For The Industry. It Wasn't Really Until They Came Descending On Seattle That Things Really Got Out Of Control.

I Remember When Martin Luther King Was Assassinated And Riots Broke Out In The City. We Celebrated Palm Sunday On 14th Street. I Have A Memory Of Walking Down The Street With Buildings Smoldering, And Soldiers And Cops Everywhere. Anyways, It [st. Stephen’s] Was A Church That Really Taught Me The Things I Needed To Learn To Not Go To Church. But I Think It Is A Church That Does Great Work, I Went To A Wedding There Three Days Ago.

I'd Much Rather Talk To A 30-year Old That Survived Rough Times In Their Lives [practicing Straight Edge] Rather Than Someone That Was Harmed By A Culture Of Violence.