Pearl Jam Quotes
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I don't want to build a bunch of homes and sit on them.
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Well, you go to Holland and everybody's on a bike - nobody would think to have a car.
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I had actually been going to Hawaii for quite a while before I ever picked up the uke. I think with anything new you're going to get more enjoyment out of it if it comes to you quickly, and the uke facilitates that.
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Let me be as weird as I fuckin' like. It's my fuckin' life.
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I'd like people to be educated on the voting machines, making sure that our democracy isn't being hijacked by computer technology. There's no reason there can't be a paper trail on those machines.
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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 was able to apply ukulele to whatever I'm trying to write. It's become part of songwriting for me, the knowledge I gained from hearing the melodies come out, and then applying that to guitar or vocals.
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He who forgets will be destined to remember.
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A lot of fun stuff happens when you go out on a bike compared to when you're in a car. You're more in the environment. It's enjoyable. Even when It's raining It's still fun.
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Ben was more improvisational, and relied less on methodology, and basically is a guitarist who switched to bass, whereas Jeff has a more traditional approach to playing bass in a band, and has a great sense of what his band sounds like, and we lock up nicely.
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It was a difficult road for What Is This. Their business did not come easy. Eventually, the lack of success forced different directions.
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I show up ready to play, so I normally try and fit the situation.
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Right, those relationships with your parents and family are the hardest to figure out, and the same patterns get carried into a band situation.
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In 1993, Eleven released their second record, which was self-titled. We began a stretch of touring that included opening for Soundgarden.
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Like I'm in San Diego today and this is my hometown so I've got a lot of my friends coming and I definitely want to put on the best show that I can.
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I am not a good enough writer to have an agenda or come up with a message and try to put it into a song. It's more like you write what comes to you... You try to reflect the mood of the songs.
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Raising awareness, changing the marketplace, effecting spiritual change - whatever it is that you decide is your thing, go for it.
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I like myself. I think I'm cool. But I think when you're in a band you take on a role within the band, and I think people over the course of years can identify those roles as almost being bigger than just the individual. I don't know. It's kind of hard to talk about.
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I am a thief, I am a liar, I am George Bush and my son is an asshole.
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We had a song called "Reach Out" that almost got us to the next level. During that time my wife and I made a decision to leave Los Angeles.
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Everytime I see the Spice Girls, it makes me want to try to fly by climbing my roof and strapping bricks to my shoes.
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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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I picked up a guitar, and I knew what I wanted to do.
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But I've always liked to be the kind of drummer and musician who likes to go outside of what's expected of me, and I've always been able to do more than you necessarily hear with every band I've ever played in.