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,… — Jeff Ament Copy Share Image
I've seen kids turn their lives around. It's usually a kid who's outside of the team-sport world, or maybe has a darker personality or doesn't fit in. Skateboarding ends up being something they latch onto. It sounds hokey, but finding… — Jeff Ament Copy Share Image
I feel like in a lot of ways I can relate to the fans, just being a fan of music myself. — Jeff Ament Copy Share Image
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… — Jeff Ament Copy Share Image
When I moved to Seattle, I was hanging out with kids who had done drugs, had sex a million times. I look at them… — Jeff Ament Copy Share Image
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… — Jeff Ament Copy Share Image
It was hard to figure out what were the good causes, the bad causes, even the good politics and the bad politics. So we… — Jeff Ament Copy Share Image
Every few years I'll party way too much to remind myself what an idiot I am. — Jeff Ament Copy Share Image
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… — Jeff Ament Copy Share Image
We just finished making a record. Everybody wants to play shows, so we're going to after that. — Jeff Ament Copy Share Image
I didn't write this song. Someone was talking in a room. I just wrote down everything they said. — Jeff Ament Copy Share Image
