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" I have to go someplace where I can soak myself in a creative atmosphere. "
Jeff Ament
Atmosphere
Creative
Myself
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" Where I grew up, I could be a punk rocker and a jock. But in college, it became apparent that those two worlds didn't mix. When I brought my guitar back to school after Thanksgiving break, a friend handed me his bass and said, 'Listen to the Ramones.' "
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" I didn't write this song. Someone was talking in a room. I just wrote down everything they said. "
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" Everybody got away from what Pearl Jam are supposed to be. "
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" I played djembe, percussion, keyboards and I sang. "
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" Punk rock and skateboarding took the 'school' out of living your life, and I related to learning as I went, doing a lot of different things that I liked, when I liked. Consequently, I'm mediocre at all of the above, but still stoked on being a lifetime student of music, skating, painting, writing, etc. "
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" We went to Big Sur about three years ago and hung out at the Esalen Institute. "
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" Right after 'Backspacer,' my best friend got killed tragically. Something happened to me then where I got super motivated. I had a shelf of all this unfinished music... So I just went to work and made a conscious decision that I was going to finish a bunch of stuff. Life's short. "
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" I've seen kids turn their lives around. It's usually a kid who's outside of the team-sport world, or maybe has a darker personality or doesn't fit in. Skateboarding ends up being something they latch onto. It sounds hokey, but finding a focus on something - whether it's skateboard or playing your guitar - can be life changing. "
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" I'm not going to say no to playing a show in Missoula. "
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" Our first record didn't come out on vinyl, so I think that might have had something to do with actually being in a position to make sure that it came out in vinyl this time. It sounds way better. "
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Time
" I love sad. Sadness makes you feel more than anything. "
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Love
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" I certainly didn't want to be in a punk rock band, because I had already been in a punk rock band. I wanted to be in a band that could do anything - like Led Zeppelin. "
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Rock
Punk
" Every few years I'll party way too much to remind myself what an idiot I am. "
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" It's hard for us not to be involved with things. When you have so much information and you see so much need, there's too much going on for us not to get involved. "
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Too Much
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" Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love talked trash about the fact that I hooped. I once stopped to say 'Hi' before a show, and as I walked away, Courtney yelled, 'Go play basketball with Dave Grohl!' "
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" Make movies. Don't make videos. Videos are evil. "
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Evil
" It's great that people are basically spending their two weeks of vacation to come out and be with us in some weird part of the world. And I think we owe it to them to take 'em to some cool places. "
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Us
Think
Great
" That's probably half the reason I wanted to be in a band - I wanted to see the world. "
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" With Pearl Jam, everybody is so good at what they do, it's hard to get up the courage to say, Can I sing this part, or, I want to play guitar. I feel like I have more courage to do that. "
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" I led the state in defensive interceptions my senior year, with seven in nine games. Then I went to Montana to play basketball and found out quickly that my college career wasn't going to work out how I'd envisioned it. "
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