I have to go someplace where I can soak myself in a creative atmosphere.

Every few years I'll party way too much to remind myself what an idiot I am.

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.

Make movies. Don't make videos. Videos are evil.

It was hard to figure out what were the good causes, the bad causes, even the good politics and the bad politics. So we started taking requests and figuring it out.

This isn't a mass-produced...instrument. Mike Lull Custom Guitars makes each bass right here in the NW. Over 20 years of collaborating, designing, and building basses has gone into my model.

I played djembe, percussion, keyboards and I sang.

You go to a show and you know the crowd is there because they like the music, not because everybody else was going. That's a good feeling. You look out there and you know, these are our people.

There really is a certain magic that happens when you're in the studio. And it's important in life to feel that magic: to feel that there is something greater moving all this along.

I love sad. Sadness makes you feel more than anything.

Ever since I picked up a bass, I've written songs.

If I never meet you In this lifeLet me feel the lackA glance from your eyesThen my life Will be yours

All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be. This is elementary

If you’re treating people poorly then you're not emulating God’s love. God always resides with the broken hearted.

Put on your red shoes, and dance the blues.

There is nothing more fragile than civilization.

The potter is at enmity with the potter.

Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped; And they have kept it since by being dead.

There are some days where, at the end of the day, you've done OK. It's the most out-of-control feeling you possibly can have.

One thing you gotta know about me is I have absolutely no filter. I have no problem saying what the hell I think of someone.

The best thing a writer can do is walk. Walking gives you ideas.