Jeff Ament Quotes

• Every few years I'll party way too much to remind myself what an idiot I am.

  Jeff Ament

  Party, Years, Too Much

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I have to go someplace where I can soak myself in a creative atmosphere.

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  Creative, Atmosphere, I Can

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• Punk rock and skateboarding took the 'school' out of living your life, and I related to learning as I went, doing a lot of different things that I liked, when I liked. Consequently, I'm mediocre at all of the above, but still stoked on being a lifetime student of music, skating, painting, writing, etc.

  Jeff Ament

  Writing, School, Rocks

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• Right after 'Backspacer,' my best friend got killed tragically. Something happened to me then where I got super motivated. I had a shelf of all this unfinished music... So I just went to work and made a conscious decision that I was going to finish a bunch of stuff. Life's short.

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  Decision, My Best Friend, Stuff

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• You go to a show and you know the crowd is there because they like the music, not because everybody else was going. That's a good feeling. You look out there and you know, these are our people.

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  People, Feelings, Looks

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• When I moved to Seattle, I was hanging out with kids who had done drugs, had sex a million times. I look at them now and realize their childhood was taken away.

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  Sex, Taken, Kids

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• It was hard to figure out what were the good causes, the bad causes, even the good politics and the bad politics. So we started taking requests and figuring it out.

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  Ukulele, Causes, Figuring It

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• There really is a certain magic that happens when you're in the studio. And it's important in life to feel that magic: to feel that there is something greater moving all this along.

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  Moving, Magic, Important

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• I'm healthy enough to still skate, so I gotta go because growing up I didn't have - I mean, I grew up in Montana so... there was kind of a little half-pipe in my yard, and that was the extent of the skate terrain in Montana. So I've got to go out and make up for lost time.

  Jeff Ament

  Growing Up, Mean, Healthy

  "Ament lets it roll with Tres Mts". Interview with Jim Wilkie, www.espn.com. March 17, 2011.

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• Where I grew up, I could be a punk rocker and a jock. But in college, it became apparent that those two worlds didn't mix. When I brought my guitar back to school after Thanksgiving break, a friend handed me his bass and said, 'Listen to the Ramones.'

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  School, College, Guitar

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• With Pearl Jam, everybody is so good at what they do, it's hard to get up the courage to say, Can I sing this part, or, I want to play guitar. I feel like I have more courage to do that.

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  Guitar, Play, Jam

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• Make movies. Don't make videos. Videos are evil.

  Jeff Ament

  Evil, Video

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• Ever since I picked up a bass, I've written songs.

  Jeff Ament

  Song, Bass, Written

  "Special Feature: Pearl Jam". Billboard Interview, www.billboard.com. March 30, 2001.

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• This isn't a mass-produced...instrument. Mike Lull Custom Guitars makes each bass right here in the NW. Over 20 years of collaborating, designing, and building basses has gone into my model.

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  Guitar, Years, Design

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• I'm not going to say no to playing a show in Missoula.

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  Shows

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• I've been interested in Eastern religions since I went to college because I was trying to figure out where I stood with Catholicism.

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  College, Trying, Figures

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• It's great that people are basically spending their two weeks of vacation to come out and be with us in some weird part of the world. And I think we owe it to them to take 'em to some cool places.

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  Thinking, Vacation, Two

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• I love sad. Sadness makes you feel more than anything.

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  Sad Love, Sadness, Feels

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• I played djembe, percussion, keyboards and I sang.

  Jeff Ament

  Keyboards, Percussion

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