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Without his influence, I would not be a school teacher or soccer coach. He had a tremendous impact on my life,


Ian Wilson

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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 I'm sorry if the following sounds combative and excessively personal, but that's my general ...
IAN JACKSON We're going to create a portable handheld environment, and you should expect the same things you...
IAN JACKSON The hardest thing is the idea. Ideas come from somewhere but as far as we know they come from nowher...
IAN HUNTER I think writers, by nature, are more observers instead of participators.
IAN HUNTER It was a labor of love and they did really well.
IAN HUNTER