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" I picked up a guitar, and I knew what I wanted to do. "

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" There's been a lot of role reversal going on in the band. The roles people have been playing for a long time will always be there, but everybody's willing to try on different outfits. "

" I think when you put a new record out, everyone has a song or two that they feel people will be moved by so much that radio will be forced to play it. "

" 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. "

" My daughter loves to do art stuff. As a father, I like to play with her. We break out the big pads of paper and the glitter and all the stuff. She likes to do what she likes to do. I want to do something, too. So I've just started using her same materials - a lot of crayons, a lot of sparkle, charcoal, pencils, markers and glue. "

" Parenthood and having kids puts you in touch with a whole other sort of sensitivity which is nothing but good. You feel more than you ever felt. You feel that vulnerability, but at the same time you wouldn't trade it for anything. "

" You can't help but have your children and your family be part of what you dream about when you dream up a song. "

" Politics is tricky; it cuts both ways. Every time you make a choice, it has unintended consequences. "

" I liked the banana-seat bikes with the high handlebars - maybe a card in the wheel could have been part of it. "

" There is a tendency for writers to be most exciting by whatever they just wrote. Sometimes that excitement is warranted. Sometimes on further listen it's not as good as something they did a couple of years ago, but it's just not in their sights at that particular time. "

" 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. "

" On some planet, I probably could have been a lawyer. On some planet, I could have been somebody in advertising. "

" 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. "

" Well, you go to Holland and everybody's on a bike - nobody would think to have a car. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You know, at 35 or at 38 or 40 you really start to see what your body could look like if you just don't do anything all winter long. So that's another motivating factor, our vanity. "

" When you're moved by music, that's always good. "

" 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. "

" I think people will always love a heavy Sabbath riff because it's fundamental to rock. "

" 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. "

" If you have a lot of nature in your city, it becomes a more enjoyable place. That's my own feeling about it. "

" As a songwriter, it's kind of hard to listen to your own stuff with clarity. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It's a perfectly human instinct to want to be near water. "

" 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. "

" I think ultimately, bringing more nature back into the city is a way to deal with urban sprawl and things like that. If the cities feel a little more natural, people like to live there more rather than moving out and dividing up another piece of land that shouldn't be touched. "