Matt Cameron Quotes

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• Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive.
• I think every band is a little cautious when the drummer starts to write tunes.
• A lot of times, when a band finds success with a certain style or sound, they have a really hard time breaking away from that…
• When I first went on tour with PJ in '98, I was still in shock having gone through the Soundgarden break up.
• Little things can make such a big difference during recording.
• I think it's really important these days to be able to relate to how the music flows and be able to speak the same language…
• The music has had a certain quality that people like just because it's a real true expression of how we are as musicians.
• The fact that Eddie Vedder likes to play 3 hour plus shows a night, I have to be ready for that.
• I've always liked to be the kind of drummer and musician who likes to go outside of what's expected of me.
• I guess by taking lessons early on, and really trying to play all the rudimentary stuff, and try to have it sound as good as…
• No matter how much success you're having, you can't continue working together if you can't communicate.
• Ben was more improvisational, and relied less on methodology, and basically is a guitarist who switched to bass, whereas Jeff has a more traditional approach…
• Creatively, I thought we were still viable and could do more records. But our working relationship just wasn't happening at all, and our chemistry as…
• For me, I just try to make sure I eat enough and drink enough water and that's about it.
• I always loose a little weight on the road, so I constantly have to be on top of my nutrition and hydration.
• I try and stay limber, swim, run, ride motorcycles.
• I'm always going to get more of a charge playing Chicago than I will Duluth or some place like that. Just because of the history…
• I've talked to some drummers who seem to have a very hard time staying in shape on the road, including some drummers touring with high-profile…
• In my last band, Soundgarden, I had a couple of different drummers sit in on some stuff and it was fun for me to kind…
• So, I just kind of played the way I played and then eventually we kind of figured out what worked best for the band. So,…

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