135 Quotes by Mike McCready

Playing music was something I wanted to do since I was 11 years old, so when we went on tour and started selling records, it was an incredible, strange dream.

I never play as well without these guys; the best I have ever been creatively has been with Pearl Jam.

We have a ridiculous amount of material.

It's extremely important to have a loyal fan base and be receptive to them.

I think our fans are bigger and better students of Pearl Jam than we are.

A lot of times, bands will go on tour, and people only wanna hear the hits. Luckily, our fans are receptive to our new stuff.

We came out of a very provincial city that was not very supportive of music, and we had to do our own thing and flyer everywhere.

We'll go to South America and play to 60,000. It's insane.

We can go to Australia and play to 30-to-40,000. We can do that in certain places in the States, but not everywhere.