Jeff Ament American Quotations

I didn't write this song. Someone was talking in a room. I just wrote down everything they said.

Our first record didn't come out on vinyl, so I think that might have had something to do with actually being in a position to make sure that it came out in vinyl this time. It sounds way better.

We opened for Black Flag, and none of the bands had dressing rooms, but Henry Rollins had his own. He had struck me as different from that.

We've always been a band that stood up for what we thought was right.

Everybody got away from what Pearl Jam are supposed to be.

We went to Big Sur about three years ago and hung out at the Esalen Institute.

People from Farm Aid have approached us about shows. We'd never done it. So part of my pitch to the band is that this IS farm aid.

People see Eddie for 20 seconds at the Grammys and think, Goddamn, he must be like this all the time. I feel sorry for his friends.

It's hard for us not to be involved with things. When you have so much information and you see so much need, there's too much going on for us not to get involved.

That's probably half the reason I wanted to be in a band - I wanted to see the world.

We just finished making a record. Everybody wants to play shows, so we're going to after that.