Call it holistic or holographic thinking, it's been quite effective imagining the world's problems are all right in front of you on a smaller scale with your band. You deal with those relationships, and that's where real major change begins.

It would be great to take one city street and turn it into a pedestrian corridor and see what kind of effect it has on the businesses in that area - It's the future I think.

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.

I just know that I love to write songs, and I have for a long time.

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

As a songwriter it's kind of hard to listen to your own stuff with clarity.

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