When 5150 CAME out rock was king. POST Nirvana and PEARL Jam 1996 is a DIFFERENT story.

Pearl JAM doesn't just SING about issues they care about. These guys walk it like they TALK it.

In LITERATURE there was ALWAYS an epiphany - a tingling moment, sometimes buried - the pearl AROUND which the whole WORK formed.

At a show, I'll look out from the stage and SEE a woman with a pearl necklace NEXT to a guy in a Grateful DEAD T-SHIRT next to a young kid with his mom. It's fun to see them all TOGETHER.

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.'

'Ten' by Pearl Jam is still by FAR one of my favorite albums and is a big PART of what inspired me to LEARN guitar.

Every prop, every SHOT, every PEARL that rolled ACROSS the FLOOR was exactly how I wanted it to be.

I once had this IDEA that I wanted to make the PERFECT boxer short that's not too long, not too short, with pearl buttons, made from real shirting fabric. They were coming in at $215. Well, not EVEN the RICHEST guy in the world is going to PAY more than $125 for his underwear.

When FRIENDS come over from EUROPE, they THINK it's going to be rainy in Seattle but it's beautiful. It's a hidden pearl. And people here respect your private life.