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Mike McCready

(1966) Guitarist United States

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Mike McCready is a guitarist from the United States, best known for Of potato heads and polaroids.

Quick Facts About Mike McCready

Born: April 5, 1966
Nationality: United States
Profession: Guitarist
Notable works: Of potato heads and polaroids

About Mike McCready

Michael David McCready is an American musician known for being a founding member and lead guitarist of Pearl Jam. McCready was also a member of the side project bands Flight to Mars, Temple of the Dog, Mad Season, and The Rockfords. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a part of Pearl Jam in 2017 alongside the four other founding members, and former member Matt Cameron.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Mike McCready

Duff McKagen's been a dear friend of mind for a long time, and he's a Seattlelite.

Dear friend

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I am constantly amazed at their support over the years.

Amazed

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I should never, ever try and grow a mustache again.

Again

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Playing albums in sequence can be awesome, or it can be very limiting.

Albums

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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.

Always

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As a band, we just don't tolerate any kind of abuse or intolerance of any kind of LGBT people by any kind…

Abuse

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My mind has always kind of operated with this band like it's gonna be over tomorrow.

Always

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I'm sober now and very happy.

Happiness

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It was by design that we mostly used pictures that you could not necessarily see what was going on, and that didn't…

Band

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But KISS inspired me personally to pick up a guitar and go for it.

Guitar

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We have a ridiculous amount of material.

Amount

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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.

Australia

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There are moments in South America, in Brazil, where you look out, and there are literally thirty, forty thousand people jumping up…

America

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When our band took off, we were all in this microcosm of a hurricane or whatever it was. It was a crazy,…

Band

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There's no time for regrets. You've just got to keep moving forward.

Forward

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I'm amazed that people are even still wanting to listen to us.

Even

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'Black Diamond' blew my mind. Ace Frehley came onstage and did it with us at Madison Square Garden a few years ago,…

I am

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Chris Cornell painted in song the darkness and beauty of life in Seattle.

Beauty

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My life would have been different without Paul Stanley or Ace Frehley. They would have to be the greatest on my list…

Different

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I don't ever want to play a festival again, period.

Again

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I'm the kind of guy who wants to be involved in everything concerning our new baby. I don't want to miss a…

Baby

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To just meet people that have Crohn's or colitis and to hear their stories gives me a lot of hope and a…

Courage

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I would love for people to enjoy our music and have feelings from it. That's all I can hope for.

Enjoy

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I remember, after the New Year's Eve 1991 show, somebody running onto the bus and saying Nirvana had just hit No. 1.…

Band

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I think I bought into that whole rock n' roll lifestyle, and all that does in the end is kill ya. So…

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