135 Quotes by Mike McCready

We value doing things grassroots, even at this level. That means no real high ticket prices or meet-and-greets and all that kind of stuff.

Sometimes with Polaroids, the shot you want to get in your head doesn't happen. What it makes me do is be patient, I guess, or let go of that presumption of what the shot's going to be.

After Mad Season, I started writing my own music for Pearl Jam and brought it in. 'Given To Fly' came out of that, and so did 'Faithful' - those were on 'Yield,' which came after Mad Season.

There was no support system in Seattle for musicians.

Mad Season changed my life in a million different ways.

Polaroids were the instant thing to get a photo back when I started it. You had to wait two days to get your film back if you had a real camera, and I was more of an instant-gratification guy.

Playing albums in sequence can be awesome, or it can be very limiting.

To just meet people that have Crohn's or colitis and to hear their stories gives me a lot of hope and a lot of courage.

Pearl Jam sit down and have conversations about Kiss all the time on tour.