Matt Cameron Quotes
When I first went on tour with PJ in '98, I was still in shock having gone through the Soundgarden break up.
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I did not grow up a cinefile. No one in my family was in the film business or even anything close to it.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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I was brought up in a very poor and very violent household. I spent much of my childhood being afraid.
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Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back.
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I wrote 'Criminal' in 45 minutes when everyone else went to lunch because I had to have a hit. I can force myself to do the work, but only if someone is right up behind me.
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Having been on tour in countries that are extremely eco-friendly, we automatically end up doing the things that normal people do in other countries.
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On one hand, we know that everything happens for a reason, and there are no mistakes or coincidences. On the other hand, we learn that we can never give up, knowing that with the right tools and energy, we can reverse any decree or karma. So, which is it? Let the Light decide, or never give up? The answer is: both.
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Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
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I have vertigo. Vertigo makes it feel like the floor is pitching up and down. Things seem to be spinning. It's like standing on the deck of a ship in really high seas.
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I grew up watching my mom and dad selling rooms in our motels. We had CEOs coming to our house so that my dad could persuade them to have their executives stay in Hyatt hotels.
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Women basically want the same thing - a good passionate story, a great fantasy - and for our partners to do the laundry and the washing up.
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I moved from a mountain with one traffic light to New York City when I was 17, and it was an amazing, eye opening, creative adventure. I would walk through the streets of Manhattan looking up at these huge buildings, amazed that I didn't know a single person in any of them.
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Envision what the end result is supposed to be... what do you want to be when you grow up? Where do you see yourself? Once we identify what the painting on the wall is, it is so much easier to bring in the right colors, canvas and brushes to paint that picture.
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I was a fan of T-Pain's music growing up. I bought 'Epiphany' and 'Rappa Ternt Sanga.'
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Oh, mercy, I think we're all storytellers, you know. You think of the excuses you told your parents for why you got home late. I just never gave it up.
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California is infamous for passing things and then waking up and saying, 'What the hell did we just pass?'
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If I'm going to wind up playing left, I want to be the best left fielder in the game. I'll work to be that.
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I need about three seats lengthwise to sleep on a plane. It's not easy for me to curl up.
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I grew up with horrible skin. I had cystic acne ever since I can remember. I ended up finally listening to those people who say you are what you eat.
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We all have a great time. And then I go to bed, get up and do it all over again. I like my life.
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If everything had already been done, there would be nothing left for young people to accomplish. There are always going to be people who run faster, jump higher, dive deeper, and come up drier.
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Sometimes we'll only get one script in a year that we want to make that we feel is good enough.
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The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive - you are leaking.
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When I first went on tour with PJ in '98, I was still in shock having gone through the Soundgarden break up.
