“With Pearl Jam, everybody is so good at what they do, it's hard to get...” — Jeff Ament Quote

“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. I feel like I have more courage to do that.”

“We went to Big Sur about three years ago and hung out at the Esalen Institute.”

“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.”

“The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.”

“Soros has taught me that when you have tremendous conviction on a trade, you have to go for the jugular. It takes courage to be a pig. It takes courage to ride a profit with huge leverage.”

“You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence.”