Ive 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 acts that dont have to live on fast food every night. – Matt Cameron
I would never want to live in L.A., and I made that decision years ago, so I never chose that path for myself, although I have much respect for those that do it at a high level. – Matt Cameron
Creatively, I thought we were still viable and could do more records. But our working relationship just wasnt happening at all, and our chemistry as people broke down because of that. – Matt Cameron
Im always going to get more of a charge playing Chicago than I will Duluth or some place like that. Just because of the history and the people there are way more knowledgeable than a lot of other cities. Its an amazing music scene with some great bands and great musicians. – Matt Cameron
Nature is sanative, refining, elevating. How cunningly she hides every wrinkle of her inconceivable antiquity under roses, and violets, and morning dew! Every inch of the mountains is scarred by unimaginable convulsions, yet the new day is purple with the bloom of youth and love. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Progress of Culture”