I Picked Up A Guitar, And I

A Significant Event For Me Was Learning Hank Williams, Reconnecting With His Music's Simplicity, Which Inspired Me To Inhabit The Same Territory. It's Different, Because I Grew Up On Led Zeppelin, The Stooges And Punk, So In That Sense I'm Mutating Country And Folk More Than A Few Degrees.

Well, You Go To Holland And Everybody's On A Bike - Nobody Would Think To Have A Car.

We’re Super Fortunate In Pearl Jam To Have Such Loyal Fans...who Really Want To Come & See Us Play.

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 Another Motivating Factor, Our Vanity.

On Some Planet, I Probably Could Have Been A Lawyer. On Some Planet, I Could Have Been Somebody In Advertising.