Every year is filled with good times and fights and struggles and misunderstandings. All of it adds up to being in a band over a long time.

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

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

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.

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

I think if you exercise, your state of mind - my state of mind - is usually more at ease, ready for more mental challenges. Once I get the physical stuff out of the way it always seems like I have more calmness and better self-esteem.

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