I've been interested in Eastern religions since I went to college because I was trying to figure out where I stood with Catholicism.

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

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

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.

I don't need to be vocal about my intentions, I am just intentional about my actions.

A town teeming with life. Full to overflowing. And every day, the good people counted their blessings. Every single one…

Cats were not, in her experience, an animal with much soul. Prosaic, practical little creatures as a general rule. It would suit her very well to be thought catlike.

I love Pilates, I really do, and I do it three times a week because it works well for me.

I’m not stealing it. We’re stranded. This is called borrowing.” “This is called you’re crazy.

Any mature, responsible adult doesn't run around stomping their feet and screaming 'I'm a mature, responsible, adult.'

If racism can't be shown to be natural then it is the result of certain conditions, and we are impelled to eliminate those conditions.

Why all these signs around us that make me doubt language and submerge me in meanings, drowning reality instead of extracting it from the imaginary?

People who can dance and sing are often very good at comedy.

When I'm lying in my bed, I think about life and I think about death. And neither one particularly appeals to me.