I'm surprised that we're around still. A lot of the bands that we came out with are not around. — Mike McCready Copy Share Image
We were accused of sounding like a couple of bands when we started out. Aerosmith was one. — Mike McCready Copy Share Image
My mind has always kind of operated with this band like it's gonna be over tomorrow. — Mike McCready Copy Share Image
Whether it's Neil Young or Johnny Rotten, a band has to have someone like that: someone who you listen to and know… — Mike McCready Copy Share Image
When you're in a band, you're just trying to do whatever you can to keep your band together. You're thinking very inwardly,… — Mike McCready Copy Share Image
A lot of times, bands will go on tour, and people only wanna hear the hits. Luckily, our fans are receptive to… — Mike McCready Copy Share Image
You get some confidence in your songwriting abilities and go for the essentials - guitar, bass, drums, vocals. Those are the basic… — Mike McCready Copy Share Image
I wanted to start doing more music, doing more things than just playing guitar. I started taking singing lessons and piano lessons.… — Mike McCready Copy Share Image
In the early days of Pearl Jam, we were caught up in such a whirlwind that I was just trying to keep… — Mike McCready Copy Share Image
Duff McKagen's been a dear friend of mind for a long time, and he's a Seattlelite. — Mike McCready Copy Share
Playing onstage, I'm always aware of where the bathrooms are. When Crohn's hits, I have to run, or it won't be pretty. — Mike McCready Copy Share
As a band, we just don't tolerate any kind of abuse or intolerance of any kind of LGBT people by any kind of government. — Mike McCready Copy Share
My mind has always kind of operated with this band like it's gonna be over tomorrow. — Mike McCready Copy Share
It was by design that we mostly used pictures that you could not necessarily see what was going on, and that didn't really focus… — Mike McCready Copy Share
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. — Mike McCready Copy Share
There are moments in South America, in Brazil, where you look out, and there are literally thirty, forty thousand people jumping up and down… — Mike McCready Copy Share
When our band took off, we were all in this microcosm of a hurricane or whatever it was. It was a crazy, crazy dream… — Mike McCready Copy Share
