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"SST was formed to put out the first Black Flag record. Basically, there wasn't anyone else to do it. I felt that what I was doing with Black Flag was very worthwhile, and I wanted to get it out there."
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"In the first place, Descartes stands for the most explicit and uncompromising dualism between mind and matter."
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"Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does."
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"Like all bands, the first two albums are always the ones most written about, and the most covered. When a band gets to their third of fourth album, the story of the band has already been told."
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"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."
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"When I die, if the word 'thong' appears in the first or second sentence of my obituary, I've screwed up."
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"Well, first, I didn't kill Dr. King."
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"First of all, you needed a budget to do the video. The record companies would pick and choose who got videos."
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"I wanted a name that would put us first in the phone directory, or second if you count ABBA."
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"The first few years I was in Vermont quite a bit, but I don't think I ever spent years and years there."
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"To finish first you must first finish."
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"If people are really excited about their music, and that's their primary motivation, then that comes through in demo tapes. That's the most important ingredient."
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"I still think the best metal bands have a blues feel. The first Black Sabbath album is kind of a bludgeoning of blues. Deep Purple also started out as a blues band."
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"SST was formed to put out the first Black Flag record. Basically, there wasn't anyone else to do it. I felt that what I was doing with Black Flag was very worthwhile, and I wanted to get it out there."
First
"I like a lot of electronica. I like older jazz rather than newer."
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"You have to keep the business side together as well as the creative side. We have constantly surprised people and stayed with bands until they have grown on people."
Business
"The small companies who feel that the majors are a threat, or are predators, will use that as an excuse for their eventual downfall. Don't blame others for your own inadequacies."
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"We had a lot of riots. We came under attack from many of the police departments. It certainly wasn't some publicity thing. I was afraid for many years. We couldn't play in LA for many years. A lot of people got very cynical."
People
"Black Flag was formed in 1977. We first recorded in 1978."
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"We're not good at propping up old carcasses. We want to be on top of what's vital at any particular time, and not just hold onto something because it has a name."
Time
"I didn't have a lot of overtly political songs. I think it was more the actions of the group that were threatening to the authorities, and also our political philosophies apart from the music."
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