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" Like I'm in San Diego today and this is my hometown so I've got a lot of my friends coming and I definitely want to put on the best show that I can. "
Matt Cameron
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" I'm always going to get more of a charge playing Chicago than I will Duluth or some place like that. Just because of the history and the people there are way more knowledgeable than a lot of other cities. It's an amazing music scene with some great bands and great musicians. "
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" So, I just kind of played the way I played and then eventually we kind of figured out what worked best for the band. So, I definitely changed my stuff up and I think we're playing really tight now. "
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" I would never want to live in L.A., and I made that decision years ago, so I never chose that path for myself, although I have much respect for those that do it at a high level. "
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" If PJ Harvey ever came to town I'd definitely go try to go see her. "
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" I try and stay limber, swim, run, ride motorcycles. "
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" The fact that Eddie Vedder likes to play 3 hour plus shows a night, I have to be ready for that. "
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" No matter how much success you're having, you can't continue working together if you can't communicate. "
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" Joining another big time rock band was the last thing I was looking for, but as the tour went on, I really dug playing to a lot of people, the band sounded great, and just being out there again, got me over my depression and so I decided to hop on board. "
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" When I first went on tour with PJ in '98, I was still in shock having gone through the Soundgarden break up. "
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" I guess by taking lessons early on, and really trying to play all the rudimentary stuff, and try to have it sound as good as my teacher. It took a lot of practice, which I enjoyed, and still do. "
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" Ben was more improvisational, and relied less on methodology, and basically is a guitarist who switched to bass, whereas Jeff has a more traditional approach to playing bass in a band, and has a great sense of what his band sounds like, and we lock up nicely. "
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