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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. "
You
Bike
Car
" And I look forward to the time when I can become more indulgent with my songwriting. But this band is a family, and it's a process that we have to grow with together. "
Family
Time
Process
" And I remember as a second or third grader having some autonomy to go to the store if I felt like it, walk home, take my time, kick the can. We were on our own schedule after school, so that was cool. "
Remember
Home
School
" As a songwriter, it's kind of hard to listen to your own stuff with clarity. "
Own
Kind
Clarity
" A significant event for me was learning Hank Williams, reconnecting with his music's simplicity, which inspired me to inhabit the same territory. It's different, because I grew up on Led Zeppelin, The Stooges and punk, so in that sense I'm mutating country and folk more than a few degrees. "
Simplicity
Music
Me
" But Eddie does not make all the decisions. Eddie can listen to reason; Eddie can be swayed or talked in or out of certain things. Eddie allows other people to lead in this band and to have certain roles that are very fundamental to the decision-making process. "
Decisions
Process
People
" Call it holistic or holographic thinking, it's been quite effective imagining the world's problems are all right in front of you on a smaller scale with your band. You deal with those relationships, and that's where real major change begins. "
Problems
Thinking
World
" Dave played an important part in our growing, but change occurs. "
Part
Important
Growing
" Eddie is a natural leader. Jeff and I have been very much in control of previous bands we've worked in. But the way Eddie grew into being the leader of this band was the most gradual, slow and respectful process that I've ever been involved in. "
Control
Process
Band
" 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. "
Good
Good Times
Long
" For the most part, I really love being in a collaborative thing. And in a collaborative thing if you have a singer as good as Sean Smith or Eddie Vedder, you kind of think, well, why don't you just go ahead and let them sing? People seem to really like it. "
Love
You
People
" If it had remained always my band, my natural tendency would have been to get more complex and arrange things more and more. That wouldn't necessarily be good for Eddie, or anyone else in the band. "
Always
Good
Been
" If you have a lot of nature in your city, it becomes a more enjoyable place. That's my own feeling about it. "
You
Feeling
Nature
" I just know that I love to write songs, and I have for a long time. "
Write
Time
Love
" I learn stuff from making music every time I go in the studio. I'm continuing to try to find new ways to play in a song or be in a song and have a positive impact on a song. "
Music
Try
Song
" I liked the banana-seat bikes with the high handlebars - maybe a card in the wheel could have been part of it. "
Wheel
Been
Bikes
" 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. "
Know
Cool
You
" I like rhythmic things that butt up against each other in a cool kind of way. "
Things
Like
Against
" I like to play music. I like projects. I like excuses to hang out with my friends and play music. "
Excuses
Like
Music
" I like to write music. And I think exploring with lyrics and figuring out how to make complete songs is fun. I think I have a take on it. I don't know if it's great, but it's an interesting take. It's original. "
Think
Great
Fun
" I love making music. I love being involved in arranging music. It's very natural to know what I want to hear next and come up with ideas that are variations of what might be good. "
Music
Ideas
Good
" I'm in a rock band - I don't have a day job! I am spoiled... a lot. "
Rock
Spoiled
Band
" I'm probably at my least religious I've ever been in a while. When you're moved by music, that's always good. But I haven't been talking to God too much lately. "
Talking
Music
Good
" I picked up a guitar, and I knew what I wanted to do. "
Guitar
Wanted
Knew
" I really enjoy not getting in a car and running errands on bikes. "
Enjoy
Running
Really
" I think if you exercise, your state of mind - my state of mind - is usually more at ease, ready for more mental challenges. Once I get the physical stuff out of the way it always seems like I have more calmness and better self-esteem. "
Mind
Better
Think
" I think I have my own sort of distinctive swing, for sure. I think that's something that comes really natural to me, to push against the beat and kind of explore a triplet feel behind everything just to see what that feels like. "
My Own
Feel
Think
" I think it's evident that expensive neighborhoods in Seattle are surrounded by natural beauty. That elevates city life. So if we can make cities more attractive in the long run, we can be smarter about issues like development, zoning and economics. "
Life
Run
Think
" I think people will always love a heavy Sabbath riff because it's fundamental to rock. "
Love
Will
People
" I think that's one of the biggest problems in rock is people thinking too much, putting too much emphasis on getting things perfect or completely sorted out. Sometimes that sound of not having everything sorted out is kind of cool. "
Thinking
People
Cool
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