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Greg Ginn

"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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"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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A.E. Samaan

"Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state."

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A.E. Samaan

"I'm just trying to keep things simple, and just be a little more offhand and not get so deep into things. Enjoy what you got right now, because who knows what's going to happen tomorrow."

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A.E. Samaan

"If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room."

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A.E. Samaan

"I have always known that it comes from deep within myself. I always knew what sound I wanted, and how I wanted to play. I knew everything, it just had to be developed."

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A.E. Samaan

"If you look at a record under a microscope, the high frequencies are short jagged edges... and the low frequencies are long swinging ones are deep bass sounds. When it cut it at half speed, you're getting more of those on the record."

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A.E. Samaan

"I'm sure if you dig deep, Joe and Ralph Fiennes do it because they want to be noticed."

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A.E. Samaan

"It takes a fool to test how deep the water is with both feet."

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A.E. Samaan

"Sometimes my mind boggles. It's so deep my mind actually boggles."

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A.E. Samaan

"Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't be found."

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A.E. Samaan

"We walk ourselves into ruts so deep we cannot see over them."

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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."

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Greg Ginn
"The public is usually slow to catch on to new things, and it's important that musicians stick to their guns and not look for that instant gratification."

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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."

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Greg Ginn
"Punk rock really came out of N.Y. as a philosophy before the groups were ever recorded. I had a kind-of intellectual interest in the idea of creating a new scene that could be a grassroots thing."

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Greg Ginn
"I didn't want to wait around for some business entity to come around and give me money and tell me what to do. We just started releasing records as best we could."

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Greg Ginn
"The biggest disappointment has been seeing the number of people in this business with very shortsighted views."

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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."

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Greg Ginn
"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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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."

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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."

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