135 Quotes by Mike McCready

It's always cool when somebody from a football team or baseball team comes to your show.

I'm surprised that we're around still. A lot of the bands that we came out with are not around.

Jeff Ament, the bass player, plays basketball. He ultimately wants to do music, but he's really good at basketball, too. We all want to do what we can't do, maybe.

Life is a pre-existing condition.

Chris Cornell painted in song the darkness and beauty of life in Seattle.

I honestly grew up listening to the Stones more. But that doesn't mean I don't love the Beatles.

I love some kind of pressure in the air. Some kind of weirdness in the crowd, good or bad. That's what we thrive on.

I play 'Rock Band' with my friends' kids, and they completely beat me senseless with it. I feel like I'm holding them back. I try to play the drums, and I just can't play the drums. I think I need to work on my skills.

I like 'X-Files'-type shows with government conspiracies and extraterrestrials and all that.