Any conversations we hear about 'So who are Pearl Jam marketing to?' are despicable.

I know someday you'll have a beautiful life. I know you'll be a sun in somebody else's sky. But why can't it be mine?

You don't hear Metallica complaining about Pearl Jam.

It's fun singing with other people who are really good singers. There's something kind of poignant about braiding a couple vocals.

Presumptuously, I speak for all Who fans when I say being a fan of the Who has incalculably enriched my life. What disturbs me about the Who is the way they smashed through every door of rock & roll, leaving rubble and not much else for the rest of us to lay claim to.

I realized in the early days I just didn't edit at all. But I think you become a little more cagey with your lyrics when you know more people are going to hear them and make assumptions about you as a person. Realizing that, you want to be a little more opaque.