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

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 s….

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..

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 kin….

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 anothe….

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..

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 exhibit….

The focus of my playing is the groove, and every time I find a new rhythm, I find I can write a bunch of new songs. Learning how to dance, or drum, o….

A significant event for me was learning Hank Williams, reconnecting with his music's simplicity, which inspired me to inhabit the same territory. It'….

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

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

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….

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 w….

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..

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 po….

We’re super fortunate in Pearl Jam to have such loyal fans...who really want to come & see us play..

We may take breaks and do other things, but we feel we'll ultimately have Pearl Jam as a family..

My methodology is not knowing what I'm doing and making that work for me..

I just know that I love to write songs, and I have for a long time..

Right, those relationships with your parents and family are the hardest to figure out, and the same patterns get carried into a band situation..

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 ca….