50 Quotes by Greg Ginn

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

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.

I had business experience. I had made my living designing and building electronic equipment. Basic business was not new to me, but the music business was completely new to me. I knew nothing about distribution, or any of those things.

The English scene got more media attention with their emphasis on fashion, with the safety pins and all. There were some really good bands over there. The Sex Pistols were great.

The Minutemen were seen as more of an art thing than Black Flag, although I didn't see them that way. It confused people when we put out Saccharine Trust, too.

There's not much music I'll listen to if it doesn't have pretty heavy swing. Rhythm is so important. Punk rock would have more power and feeling if it had swing.

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

There aren't enough people who are scaring the kind of people who work at these record companies.

I like a lot of electronica. I like older jazz rather than newer.