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“ The Minutemen’s catalytic philosophy—that “punk is whatever we make it to be,” that any group of kids could pick up instruments and make artistic, innovative, impossible music without worrying about cliques, categories, or condemnation; even working-class kids from San Pedro like Boon and Watt—is the greatest band philosophy of all time. ”

“ Employ only those forms and materials which make for simplicity, individuality, and dignity of effect. ”

“ Dear people in their thirties, stop wasting your energy trying to prove stuff to people in their twenties. ”

“ When you’re at your desk and emails come pouring in or the phone rings off the hook , remember the mountain. “Oh, there’s the phone. Oh, there’s email.” In and of themselves, they’re not bad. Or good. They’re just a phone and email. ”