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Jeff Ament
Jeff Ament
American Musician
Born: Mar 10, 1963
Everybody Get Guitar Life Music You
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It's great that people are basically spending their two weeks of vacation to come out and be with us in some weird part of the world. And I think we owe it to them to take 'em to some cool places. Jeff Ament
Great People World Think Spending Out Some Weeks Take Part Weird Come Owe Places Them Us Cool Vacation Basically Two Two Weeks
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 a focus on something - whether it's skateboard or playing your guitar - can be life changing. Jeff Ament
Life Personality World Guitar Focus Seen Changing Kid Kids Finding Darker Something Life-Changing Onto Outside Around Sounds Fit Up Maybe Being Ends Skateboard Skateboarding Whether Turn Your Lives Playing
I have to go someplace where I can soak myself in a creative atmosphere. Jeff Ament
Myself Creative Atmosphere Someplace Go Where Soak
I played djembe, percussion, keyboards and I sang. Jeff Ament
Keyboards Percussion Sang Played
We went to Big Sur about three years ago and hung out at the Esalen Institute. Jeff Ament
Three Big Hung Out About Institute Years Years Ago
We've always been a band that stood up for what we thought was right. Jeff Ament
Thought Band Always Been Up Stood Right
Everybody got away from what Pearl Jam are supposed to be. Jeff Ament
Everybody Supposed Got Jam Away Pearl Pearl Jam
Every few years I'll party way too much to remind myself what an idiot I am. Jeff Ament
Myself Too Much Party Idiot Few Every Too Way Remind Am Years Much
I didn't write this song. Someone was talking in a room. I just wrote down everything they said. Jeff Ament
Song Down Everything Someone Write Wrote Talking Said Just Room
Make movies. Don't make videos. Videos are evil. Jeff Ament
Videos Evil Make Movies
It's hard for us not to be involved with things. When you have so much information and you see so much need, there's too much going on for us not to get involved. Jeff Ament
You Too Much Too See Involved Get Going Information Us Much Hard Things Need
It was hard to figure out what were the good causes, the bad causes, even the good politics and the bad politics. So we started taking requests and figuring it out. Jeff Ament
Politics Good Out Bad Taking Causes Were Requests Hard Figure Figuring Even Started
I led the state in defensive interceptions my senior year, with seven in nine games. Then I went to Montana to play basketball and found out quickly that my college career wasn't going to work out how I'd envisioned it. Jeff Ament
Work College Year Defensive State Nine Montana Seven Out Envisioned How Led Quickly Going Senior Senior Year Work Out Then Games Found Play Play Basketball Career Basketball
Unless you're a vegan freak of nature like Tony Gonzalez, I don't think you can play sports much past your early 30s. Jeff Ament
Nature You Sports Vegan Past Think Unless Freak Like Much Your Play Early Tony
I had a portable 8-track player under all my ramps, cranking one of my four 8-tracks - Cars/'Candy-O,' Ramones/'Road To Ruin,' Cheap Trick/'Heaven Tonight' and the first Devo record. I don't remember skating without music. Jeff Ament
Music Remember First Ruin Record Had Cheap Without Cranking Skating Portable Four Player Tonight
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, but still stoked on being a lifetime student of music, skating, painting, writing, etc. Jeff Ament
Life Music Learning Writing School Punk Painting Living Related Took Punk Rock Out Above Student Lifetime Liked Rock Still Doing Lot Stoked Being Different Skateboarding Skating Etc Your Different Things Things Mediocre Consequently
I've been interested in Eastern religions since I went to college because I was trying to figure out where I stood with Catholicism. Jeff Ament
College Out Eastern Religions Since Because Catholicism Been Trying Stood Where Interested Figure
Right after 'Backspacer,' my best friend got killed tragically. Something happened to me then where I got super motivated. I had a shelf of all this unfinished music... So I just went to work and made a conscious decision that I was going to finish a bunch of stuff. Life's short. Jeff Ament
Life Work Music Best Me Unfinished Decision Made Best Friend Super Something Finish Had Stuff Shelf Got Motivated Friend Tragically Bunch Going Short Just Where After Happened Then Conscious Right Conscious Decision
There really is a certain magic that happens when you're in the studio. And it's important in life to feel that magic: to feel that there is something greater moving all this along. Jeff Ament
Life You Important Magic Something Studio Feel Along Greater Happens Moving Really Certain
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 part,' or, 'I want to play guitar.' Jeff Ament
Good Courage Guitar Everybody Say Part Sing Up Get Jam Want Hard Play Pearl Pearl Jam
I feel like in a lot of ways I can relate to the fans, just being a fan of music myself. Jeff Ament
Music Myself Fans Relate Ways Feel Like Lot Just Being Fan
Ever since I picked up a bass, I've written songs. Jeff Ament
Bass Songs Picked Written Since Up Ever

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