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Greg Ginn

"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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"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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"You think that if you blame, you will then be free of those problems, but blame cements you to your problems."

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Donna Grant

"Maybe it ain't about others' mistakes,but only your need for someone to blame."

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Donna Grant

"That wasn't any act of God. That was an act of pure human fuckery."

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Donna Grant

"Blame is just a lazy person's way of making sense of chaos."

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Donna Grant

"Societies need to have one illness which becomes identified with evil, and attaches blame to its victims."

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Donna Grant

"And just so you know-that winter forest we walked into first? That was from Through the Looking Glass too. Hey, if you're going to saddle me with the blame for your overconsumption, at least get the book right."

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Donna Grant

"Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to award. These are the true aims and duties of criticism."

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Donna Grant

"The reason placing blame repeatedly fails to work is that I repeatedly place it on everyone else instead of where it actually belongs."

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Donna Grant

"Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future."

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Donna Grant

"It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame."

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Greg Ginn
"As a label, you have to treat every group and every record as a unique entity. I think that that has been our success, rather than relying upon a fan base."

Success

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Greg Ginn
"There are several books out on punk history, but I haven't read any of them. I was there."

History

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Greg Ginn
"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

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Greg Ginn
"We were excited when we sold our first 10 records. I always felt that if we could get the music out there, and if people became accustomed to it, then a substantial number of them would enjoy it."

Music

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Greg Ginn
"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

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Greg Ginn
"It took us two years to get our first real gig. That was a big dream. We ended up booking a lot of our own gigs and putting on a lot of our own shows. We were trying to get our actual music across, trying to make a connection there."

Music

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Greg Ginn
"We've gotten involved in cat rescue - we take them in and find homes for them. I've always loved cats. I saw how homeless cats were living out there. We take them in, put out flyers."

Cats

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Greg Ginn
"People from major labels were afraid to go to Black Flag gigs throughout most of the band's existence. They treated our gigs as something threatening. I'm sure that it probably was. They probably had reasons to be scared."

People

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Greg Ginn
"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."

Music

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Greg Ginn
"Most good things happen with time; especially music, which needs time to breathe and to find its own way."

Time

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