Song Quotes by Jeff Ament

I feel like in a lot of ways I can relate to the fans, just being a fan of music myself.

— Jeff Ament

I played djembe, percussion, keyboards and I sang.

— Jeff Ament

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

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

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

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

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

— Jeff Ament

I'm a big fan of power trios where there's only three instruments.

— Jeff Ament

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

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

— Jeff Ament

We just finished making a record. Everybody wants to play shows, so we're going to after that.

— Jeff Ament

I didn't write this song. Someone was talking in a room. I just wrote down everything they said.

— Jeff Ament

I get lost in my right brain, especially in creative things.

— Jeff Ament

Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love talked trash about the fact that I hooped. I once stopped to say 'Hi' before a show, and as…

— Jeff Ament

I certainly didn't want to be in a punk rock band, because I had already been in a punk rock band. I wanted to…

— Jeff Ament