On some planet, I probably could have been a lawyer. On some planet, I could have been somebody in advertising.

I like to play music. I like projects. I like excuses to hang out with my friends and play music.

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

I liked the banana-seat bikes with the high handlebars - maybe a card in the wheel could have been part of it.

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.

My methodology is not knowing what I'm doing and making that work for me.

I learn stuff from making music every time I go in the studio. I'm continuing to try to find new ways to play in a song or be in a song and have a positive impact on a song.