It's a very complex scenario, and certainly Dave was, and is, not the only person in Pearl Jam with personality flaws. Everybody in this band exhibits some form of neurotic behavior. And we couldn't find a balance, a mutual respect for each other.

I walked to Seward School first through fourth grade. It's just amazing to me now that we'd walk down 10th Avenue on Capitol Hill.

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.

Raising awareness, changing the marketplace, effecting spiritual change - whatever it is that you decide is your thing, go for it.

I picked up a guitar, and I knew what I wanted to do.

I like rhythmic things that butt up against each other in a cool kind of way.

Well, you go to Holland and everybody's on a bike - nobody would think to have a car.