16 Quotes by John Doe

The collective impact of these failures has been a complete erosion of ethical standards, ultimately leading to a novel system we still call Capitalism, but which is tantamount to economic slavery. In this system—our system—the slaves are unaware both of their status and of their masters, who exist in a world apart where the intangible shackles are carefully hidden amongst reams of unreachable legalese.

We did it in the most hillbilly way we could think of, and there we were,

We had no preconceived notions of what we were going to be,

I don't know of any other band that has two vocalists that can sing together without competition,

I think the Knitters were a little more straight-up country than some of those bands, but we were all bringing roots-type sounds to a new audience.

I think we were among the first positive examples of country music for the punk rock audience,

Restraint can be tough. I've made a point to learn how to make a slow song have as much impact as a fast song. That's a challenge I've given myself, because it's easy to just get out there and blast through a bunch of things and feel as though you're exciting the audience. If you can do that with a slow song, then you really have some variety and some range.

That was probably their catering budget for three or four days.

Yeah, I've always thought it had sort of a jazz improvisation aspect to it,