>[...] just leave your own mark in this world. That’s it. Let it be a positive one. [...] There’s so much negativity in this world, I just don’t want us to help spread that.
- Jacob Bannon of Converge
>A lot of independent music doesn’t have the bite and power that it used to have. It doesn’t have a message – whether it be a personal message or political message, an environmental message, anything. A lot of that fight is gone. A lot of that will is gone. It’s not to say that there aren’t these bands that are embodying those key things and speaking up for something, whether it be artistic or social relevance. It’s few and far between. There’s more bands playing the fantastic level. They’re role playing. They want to be in a large band. They want to play heavy music, but there’s no message. It’s decoration.
- Jacob Bannon of Converge
>You should see what happened to my Grandma after borrowing my bike pump without permission. How can I put this subtlety... let's just say she doesn't smile like she used to.
- Jacob Bannon of “Converge”
>Come by my neighbourhood, and buy my neighbourhood. It's a little ode to all those furious real estate developers who are crawling all over our cities looking to exploit what should be a human right, space to live and work.
- Brian Chippendale of Lightning Bolt
>[...] and the singer would go to practices and he wouldn't really sing - he would just like... he would just sorta rock back and forth and pull his hair out and scream. And I was like, "this is punk rock and i don't know if i like it".
- David Pajo of Slint
>"People are interested in us doing something. We shouldn't fuck around. We should just go out and play some shows, because this writing thing is taking way longer than it was supposed to. Let's not concern ourselves with that; let's just play some shows and things will happen after that. Everything will happen by itself once we get in the mindset of being in Daughters and being with each other."
- Alexis Marshall of Daughters
>"[...] the online presentation of ourselves has almost become more important than our real life presence in almost every aspect: socially, professionally, and even romantically.”
>"I’m not saying, ‘Don’t drink alcohol.’ I’m merely saying, ‘Try to find a little more entertainment from your own resources.’ As opposed to going out and buying it.”
- Ian Mackaye of Fugazi, Minor Threat (“Our Band Could Be Your Life)
>"So the idea was to get people to the gig. We had divided the whole world into two categories: there was flyers and there was the gig. You’re either doing the gig, which is like one hour of your life, or everything else to get people to the gig. Interviews were flyers, videos were flyers, even records were flyers. We didn’t tour to promote records, we made records to promote the tours, because the gig was where you could make the money.”
- Mike Watt of the Minutemen (“Our Band Could Be Your Life”)
>"Charming. Let me guess: you have no foreskin?"
- Varg Vikernes of Gay Ass Losertown