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.

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.

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.

Start with a cry, end with a smile.

Death is the end of our ephemeral life and beginning of infinite eternal life.

Most of the reggae awareness is still among music industry people and people who are already into all types of music.

If you care to see God, be pure. If you will not be pure, you will grow more and more impure.

My books have all generated controversy.

He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace.

Of course she had some pathetic illusions about herself or she would not be able to go on living.

Listen to your instincts, then do the opposite.

Classes? Categories? Was that what we had come to?

I want people to be ecstatic but to cry at the same time.