Pearl Jam Quotes
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I believe in the power of music. To me, it isn't just a fad. This is a positive thing.
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Its extremely important to have a loyal fan base and be receptive to them.
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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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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.
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You don't love me. If you really knew me, you wouldn't love me. You love who you think I am. And don't pretend that you know me. Because I don't even know myself.
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Every year is filled with good times and fights and struggles and misunderstandings. All of it adds up to being in a band over a long time.
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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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It may take me a long time before I feel 'ready' to tour as a lead singer. I may never be ready... we'll just have to see.
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It's a mystery to me We have a greed with which we have agreed You think you have to want more than you need Until you have it all you won't be free When you want more than you have You think you need And when you think more than you want Your thoughts begin to bleed I think I need to find a bigger place 'Cause when you have more than you think You need more space Society, you're a crazy breed I hope you're not lonely without me Society, crazy and deep I hope you're not lonely without me.
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It's the ones without scars - those are the people you have to watch out for.
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Isn't Timbaland a make of shoe? It's a producer? I don't know who that is. Oh well.
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I don't need drugs. Life is already tragic enough.
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I'm having a hard time trying to figure out how to say things. I'm a little exhausted by the process.
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I've stepped back a few times and had these crazy epiphanies that we are blessed by having Barack Obama as a candidate at this time in our history. If we were ever to have a man of color become president - and it shouldn't be about that, and it doesn't need to be, because he's qualified on all levels - but if you do think about it, just in terms of that idea of unifying people, it's a huge positive.
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It's a very complex scenario, and certainly Dave was, and is, not the only person in Pearl Jam with personality flaws. Everybody in this band exhibits some form of neurotic behavior. And we couldn't find a balance, a mutual respect for each other.
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This is still a young man's game, so we have to stay young. Music allows you to do that, especially rock'n'roll.
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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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Well there's a lot of machines making music today too so you should expect perfection from them! Other than that it's humans programming it which is actually why i still like it. But yeah, that sounds about right. Now what I've got to do is I've got to stop expecting it of myself.
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Is it O.K. that I speak in English? The only thing I know in Dutch is how to order pot.
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That makes it even more offensive to me that she's interested in our band and she did something for Slaughter.
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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.
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This little four-string songwriting tool started changing the way I brought songs to the group.
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I don't work so hard at trying to get every song to be three-dimensional and mean so much. I just want to breathe, right now, with the music.
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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.