Wipers Quotes

There isn’t any pioneering any more. It’s almost not even accepted to be pioneering; for some reason that seems to be the attitude now. I’d say ’93 to ’95 was kind of the curvature towards things slowly reversing. It’s to the point where music is just definitely a rehash of the past, and I guess, maybe people don’t sense that there’s a future ahead of them, so subconsciously they look backward.
Greg Sage

No, I was already doing the Wipers for about a year. There was no avenue for it; one day I heard about this show on the car stereo, I’d never heard of Ramones, never heard of Elvis Costello, but when I heard, "Ramones," it just sounded like such a, just the name itself, it just sounded cool. But yeah, that was kind of a pinnacle, because then I thought, "Wow! We’re doing stuff like that," I didn’t think anybody was. I never listened to music, I mean, I never listened to other peoples’ music, I just never did, because I’d be too busy writing, and I didn’t want to be influenced by anyone. I was never in the loop or in any scene at all. I just remember, hearing the name, "Ramones," and that just sounded so unique to me. 
Greg Sage