It was in 1996, and we'd just gotten to the end of our thing. We'd been together for 10 years. You know, I did quit back in '93, but the band persuaded me to stay. So I wasted a couple of years hanging about for people when I should have pursued a solo career.


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The part that I think is one of the most interesting is of course the one that Hayden Christensen pl...
IAN MCDIARMID
If you got the DVD you can see that George Lucas has taken that person out, as well as the voice, an...
IAN MCDIARMID
That's the mark of a great storyteller, never to give away secrets in advance.
IAN MCDIARMID
There were a number of people who helped me get there, and the one I always mention is Michael Byrne...
IAN MCDIARMID
To start your life as a character of 120 years when you are in your late thirties, and then go back ...
IAN MCDIARMID
When George asked me to be the prequels, it was the same kind of meeting - it was very short and to ...
IAN MCDIARMID
And also, it's sort of my job to make you believe things about him that aren't true about me...
IAN MCDIARMID
Consistency is very important when you're making films.
IAN MCDIARMID
It was a scene I was really looking forward to, and one that I embraced, and when we were filming it...
IAN MCDIARMID
Ultimately, I'm not the most prolific person, but I've been doing this for a long time, and ...
IAN MACKAYE
At every election, my vote goes to the candidate less likely to declare war. You're dropping hug...
IAN MACKAYE
I was into Ted Nugent, I was a Nugent guy. I was a skateboarder listening to Ted Nugent.
IAN MACKAYE
Yeah, if someone's selling downloads and collecting money for our songs I would be unhappy about...
IAN MACKAYE
Basically we just created our own label, but again we just did it to document our own music and crea...
IAN MACKAYE
I consider the guitar a tool for the most part. I do pick up the acoustic now and then, I certainly ...
IAN MACKAYE
I have thousands of tapes, and photos and fliers, letters, posters, artwork - basically everything t...
IAN MACKAYE
I feel completely fortunate to have this outlet for something I don't really feel like I have a ...
IAN MACKAYE
I stand behind all the lyrics I've ever written; I don't have a problem with that.
IAN MACKAYE
What I find interesting as a 40-year-old is the idea of trying to be a part of a pronounced, continu...
IAN MACKAYE
I'm not a religious person, and I'm not too interested in being a part of a religion, but I ...
IAN MACKAYE
I never, ever had it in my mind that I wanted to be in the record industry, because I still contend ...
IAN MACKAYE
I just have work to do; I just do it.
IAN MACKAYE
The first time I ever recorded, which was into my boom-box, I was like, 'Wow, check that out....
IAN MACKAYE
To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.
IAN MACKAYE
Music is a language and different people who come along are each using that language to do something...
IAN MACKAYE
An unlocked door means that, occasionally, you might get a devil come in, but a locked door means yo...
IAN MACKAYE
What we did ten years ago with the Playstation was a phenomenal success story for the company. That ...
IAN JACKSON
I think PSP is going to be the most successful handheld entertainment device ever. What it will do i...
IAN JACKSON
I think it's going to deliver on the promises we've said it's going to and it is going t...
IAN JACKSON
If we deliver on those promises, we'll have done our job, and we did it with PSOne, and we certa...
IAN JACKSON