21 Quotes by Peter Hayes

My daughter came to us last night and insisted we contribute in some way to Earth Day.

We are signatories to ILO conventions, and we don't think we have done anything in contravention of the agreements. We will answer the complaint point by point. This is not the proper way to address the problem, and we would have preferred to have face-to-face discussions.

There would be no exclusive collective or one-closed-shop bargaining, we told them. They could have membership drives on site, but we did not agree to automatically deduct membership dues from all our staff, even those who did not wish to be members.

I've seen the battle and I've seen the war / And the life out here is the life I've been sold

These were songs that we?d been writing and collecting over the years. Some of them we actually thought about putting on previous albums. But we didn't want to make it seem like they were filler tracks or novelties in the middle of a rock record. We felt like they were too important for that.

Realistically, the chances of a breakthrough are very slim given the rigidity of the U.S. position on key issues.

They've chosen the appropriate time to discuss it is now. I think what they're doing is negotiating. They're putting out a maximal position.

They've chosen the appropriate time to discuss it is now,

A lot of these songs were written for our first album. One of them, Shuffle Your Feet, was from before we were a band even. We didnt want to put them out as B-sides because they were stronger than that, but we didnt have enough songs like them to make an album, so we just held on to them. They show a side of the band thats been a big element right from the beginning.