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If You Want To Rebel Against Society, Don’t Dull The Blade

"straight Edge" Was A Song About My Life. There Was No Structure, No Premise As If I Was Forming A Club. There Were No Tenets. I Mean I Wrote A Song Called "straight Edge," I'll Take That, But The Song Was About My Life The Way I Wanted To Live It.

I Appreciate The Past, But I Want To Make New Things. That's The Problem With The Sack On The Back - If You Carry It Around With You, It's Like You Get Hobbled.

I Never, Ever Had It In My Mind That I Wanted To Be In The Record Industry, Because I Still Contend That The Record Industry Is An Insidious Affair. It's This Terrible Collision Between Art And Commerce, And It Will Always Be That Way.

I'm Not Talking About What Came Later [after The American Underground Punk Scene], Indie Music, Or Whatever You Want To Call It, But The Music That Came Before That - That's An Important Story. So Many Interviews With Musicians Get The Time Or Context Wrong. You Have These Older Bands, Usually Men, Who Tell Stories About "oh, We Got Into This Huge Fight, This Guy Punched That Guy," That's The Wrong Sort Of Story. My View Of The Time Is Truly Pioneering.