Dave Played An Important Part In Our

A Significant Event For Me Was Learning Hank Williams, Reconnecting With His Music's Simplicity, Which Inspired Me To Inhabit The Same Territory. It's Different, Because I Grew Up On Led Zeppelin, The Stooges And Punk, So In That Sense I'm Mutating Country And Folk More Than A Few Degrees.

My Methodology Is Not Knowing What I'm Doing And Making That Work For Me.

It's A Very Complex Scenario, And Certainly Dave Was, And Is, Not The Only Person In Pearl Jam With Personality Flaws. Everybody In This Band Exhibits Some Form Of Neurotic Behavior. And We Couldn't Find A Balance, A Mutual Respect For Each Other.

I Think People Will Always Love A Heavy Sabbath Riff Because It's Fundamental To Rock.

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.