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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.

With Napster And The Sharing Of Music, Of Course, There Are Going To Be People Who Exploit It. Greed Has No End. But There's A Lot Of Good That Could Happen. We Shouldn't Let The Economic Concerns Of The Major Labels Infringe On Our Freedom To Share Music.

Archiving Is Extremely Expensive And Time Consuming. I'm Sure An Archivist Would Tell Me I'm Doing It Wrong. It's An Industry That's Built Upon Essential Ideas, And Some Of Those Practices Are Abusive.

Ultimately, I Know What I'm Doing And Why I'm Doing It. I'm Trying To Be A Construction Worker. I'm Trying To Make Things. If People Are Not Interested In That, Fine. I Just Don't Give A Damn.

The Thing Is, People Can't Complain About Profit-oriented Moves If They're Only Interested In Profit Themselves. You Can't Have It Both Ways. If They're Willing To Polish Up A Gift And Sell It To Make Money, They Can't Really Complain About The Fact That Somebody Above Them Has Sold Them Down The River. That's The Way It Goes.