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I'm optimistic yet disillusioned, hopeful yet frustrated.
Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam -
I've got my indignation but I'm pure in all my thoughts.
Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
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I had a long talk with Bruce Springsteen on a rooftop during the Vote for Change tour (in 2004). And it boiled down to this: That guy you used to be, he’s still in the car. He’ll always be in the car. Just don’t let him drive. He might be shouting out directions. But whatever you do, don’t let him get behind the wheel.
Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam -
I've always related music to those moments when someone turns you loose on something and they haven't told you how to do it.
Stone Gossard Pearl Jam -
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.
Stone Gossard Pearl Jam -
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.
Mike McCready Pearl Jam -
I have had Crohn's for about 19 years. It is a debilitating disease that affects my colon.
Mike McCready Pearl Jam -
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.
Matt Cameron Pearl Jam
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I'm probably never happier than when I'm by myself in the water. What I've worked and sacrificed for is not to be on stage playing music but to surf in some secluded place. It's a grounding element. Waves don't care who you are.
Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam -
I always loose a little weight on the road, so I constantly have to be on top of my nutrition and hydration.
Matt Cameron Pearl Jam -
Music saved me; I mean, my upbringing was like a hurricane, and music was the tree I held onto.
Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam -
Society, you're a crazy breed.
Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam -
There are times where I would keep three typewriters on a table, and I'd have three complete thoughts going. With computers, you make folders, files - I don't know about those things. I have sheaves of paper polluted with words and paragraphs. I found it a good tool for me. And it keeps your hands strong for guitar playing.
Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam -
When I first went on tour with PJ in '98, I was still in shock having gone through the Soundgarden break up.
Matt Cameron Pearl Jam
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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.
Mike McCready Pearl Jam -
But KISS inspired me personally to pick up a guitar and go for it.
Mike McCready Pearl Jam -
Worship the music, not the musicians.
Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam -
Dave played an important part in our growing, but change occurs.
Stone Gossard Pearl Jam -
I believe in the power of music. To me, it isn't just a fad. This is a positive thing.
Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam -
I walked to Seward School first through fourth grade. It's just amazing to me now that we'd walk down 10th Avenue on Capitol Hill.
Stone Gossard Pearl Jam
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It's always push and pull with a record company.
Mike McCready Pearl Jam -
So much energy comes out of concerts sometimes, especially good ones that are really moving. And that energy, no matter how great the show is, it dissipates within two weeks or a month.
Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam -
Gave her love away, put it in my pocket when it should of been framed!
Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam -
My favorite rocker is Go because it is heavy and chaotic.
Mike McCready Pearl Jam