Matt Cameron Quotes

• Joining another big time rock band was the last thing I was looking for, but as the tour went on, I really dug playing to a lot of people, the band sounded great, and just being out there again, got me over my depression and so I decided to hop on board.

  Matt Cameron

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  Tags in Tour, Depression, Rock

• My recording career has luckily run the gamut of recording environments.

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  Tags in Recording, Career

• Little things can make such a big difference during recording.

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  Tags in Recording, Things, Little, Difference

• I still felt we had some really good music on that record, but it’s a shame that we couldn’t make it better. And the tour was a total mess. We just had no life, no energy, and I felt we were going through the motions.

  Matt Cameron

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  Tags in Tour, Shame, Mess

• Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive.

  Matt Cameron

  Topics in Life, Positive

  Tags in Live

• But I’ve always liked to be the kind of drummer and musician who likes to go outside of what’s expected of me, and I’ve always been able to do more than you necessarily hear with every band I’ve ever played in.

  Matt Cameron

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  Tags in Drummer, Likes

• I try and stay limber, swim, run, ride motorcycles.

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  Tags in Swim, Stay

• The fact that Eddie Vedder likes to play 3 hour plus shows a night, I have to be ready for that.

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  Tags in Already, Hour

• A lot of times, when a band finds success with a certain style or sound, they have a really hard time breaking away from that to grow as artists.

  Matt Cameron

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  Tags in Finds, Sound

• I guess by taking lessons early on, and really trying to play all the rudimentary stuff, and try to have it sound as good as my teacher. It took a lot of practice, which I enjoyed, and still do.

  Matt Cameron

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  Tags in Guess, Stuff, Sound

• In my last band, Soundgarden, I had a couple of different drummers sit in on some stuff and it was fun for me to kind of take a break and watch the band.

  Matt Cameron

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  Tags in Couple, Sit, Drummers, Break

• When I first went on tour with PJ in ’98, I was still in shock having gone through the Soundgarden break up.

  Matt Cameron

  Topics in Break Up

  Tags in Gone, Went, Break

• I show up ready to play, so I normally try and fit the situation.

  Matt Cameron

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  Tags in Situation, Fit

• Creatively, I thought we were still viable and could do more records. But our working relationship just wasn’t happening at all, and our chemistry as people broke down because of that.

  Matt Cameron

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  Tags in Chemistry, Viable, Relationship

• No matter how much success you’re having, you can’t continue working together if you can’t communicate.

  Matt Cameron

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  Tags in Communicate, Working, Together

• For me, I just try to make sure I eat enough and drink enough water and that’s about it.

  Matt Cameron

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  Tags in Eat, Enough

• So, I just kind of played the way I played and then eventually we kind of figured out what worked best for the band. So, I definitely changed my stuff up and I think we’re playing really tight now.

  Matt Cameron

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  Tags in Tight, Playing

• Whenever Elvin Jones comes to Seattle I try to go catch him.

  Matt Cameron

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  Tags in Whenever

• If PJ Harvey ever came to town I’d definitely go try to go see her.

  Matt Cameron

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  Tags in Town, Came

• Like I’m in San Diego today and this is my hometown so I’ve got a lot of my friends coming and I definitely want to put on the best show that I can.

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Matt Cameron (27)

Birth:	28th November, 1962
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Drummer, Lyricist

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