Politics is tricky; it cuts both ways. Every time you make a choice, it has unintended consequences.

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 can identify those roles as almost being bigger than just the individual. I don't know. It's kind of hard to talk about.

I'm in a rock band - I don't have a day job! I am spoiled... a lot.

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

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.

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.

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