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Star Anna is an American original. She sings from a place of beauty that takes me to a higher place.
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I think our relationship with Epic had run its natural course, and it happened to coincide with the fulfillment of our contract. We decided not to resign with them.
Mike McCready Pearl Jam
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It was by design that we mostly used pictures that you could not necessarily see what was going on, and that didn't really focus in on the band, but instead focused in on a theme.
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I have had Crohn's for about 19 years. It is a debilitating disease that affects my colon.
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And we're always excited to expose our music to new people to see if we can have longevity and a long career. It's heading that way.
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And watching Ed, he's really coming into his own doing some new things onstage I've never seen him do. He's really getting into it, putting 120 percent into the show. We feel comfortable and excited.
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It's always push and pull with a record company.
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But KISS inspired me personally to pick up a guitar and go for it.
Mike McCready Pearl Jam
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Its extremely important to have a loyal fan base and be receptive to them.
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My favorite rocker is Go because it is heavy and chaotic.
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Other bands gave us lip service, but when it came down to it they kind of backed off. That was a little disheartening. But I respect them. That's their business.
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We met with a lot of great labels, including J. We like Clive Davis and his staff a lot. There's a level of respect there that went both ways.
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I love playing with Jeff. That's something I never really say in the press, but he's my favorite bass player. I've played right next to him for 10 years.
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My life would have been different without Paul Stanley or Ace Frehley. They would have to be the greatest on my list as an influence to my life at 11 years old.
Mike McCready Pearl Jam
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We also take time to be away from each other to live our separate lives, which allows us to be excited when we come back together to play music.
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At some shows, the set list gets changed while we are on stage. I know Ed thinks about the set very hard throughout the day in order to make the best show possible for the fans and for us.
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I am constantly amazed at their support over the years.
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The thing about Matt Cameron is he has made us 1000 times a better band than we've ever been. He's such a freight train on drums and such a cool individual as a man that it makes us better as a band, and we are now complete with him.
Mike McCready Pearl Jam -
I have lived most my life with chronic inflammation and constant pain with immediate diarrhea.
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There's Eddie's conviction and his lyrics and his ideals, and he can just rock straight out. His vocals are incredible. And we all are really competent musicians.
Mike McCready Pearl Jam
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Some people are still not into us. That makes sense. We haven't really done a lot of press. We haven't put ourselves out there in ways that a lot of people would know we are still around. Unless you tour or record, they don't know you are around.
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I feel very blessed we can still have a career making music.
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There are some really cool video pieces out there, though - we have done some videos that I've really liked and we may do them again.
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I have to eat in a way that's good for me.
Mike McCready Pearl Jam