Matt Cameron Quotes

Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive.
Matt Cameron

Life, Positive, Live

I think every band is a little cautious when the drummer starts to write tunes.
Matt Cameron

Write, Band, Drummer

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

Success, Time, Hard

For me, I just try to make sure I eat enough and drink enough water and that's about it.
Matt Cameron

Enough, Try, Sure

I always loose a little weight on the road, so I constantly have to be on top of my nutrition and hydration.
Matt Cameron

Road, Top, Weight

I love the way Pharell is laying down great drum tracks. He is a great drummer.
Matt Cameron

Love, Great, Down

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

Play, Try, Show

I try and stay limber, swim, run, ride motorcycles.
Matt Cameron

If PJ Harvey ever came to town I'd definitely go try to go see her.
Matt Cameron

Try, Her, Definitely

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.
Matt Cameron

Best, Today, Friends

Little things can make such a big difference during recording.
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Big, Difference, Recording

My recording career has luckily run the gamut of recording environments.
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Career, Run, Recording

No matter how much success you're having, you can't continue working together if you can't communicate.
Matt Cameron

Success, Together, Working

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

Night, Play, Fact

When I first went on tour with PJ in '98, I was still in shock having gone through the Soundgarden break up.
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Through, Gone, Break

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

Him, Try, Whenever

Ben was more improvisational, and relied less on methodology, and basically is a guitarist who switched to bass, whereas Jeff has a more traditional approach to playing bass in a band, and has a great sense of what his band sounds like, and we lock up nicely.
Matt Cameron

Great, Sense, Less

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

Able, Band, Hear

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

Down, Thought, Working

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

Good, Teacher, Trying

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

Life, Music, Good

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

Respect, Live, Decision

I'm 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. It's an amazing music scene with some great bands and great musicians.
Matt Cameron

Music, Great, History

I've 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 don't have to live on fast food every night.
Matt Cameron

Time, Food, Live

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

Fun, Different, Last

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Nationality: American

Born: November 28, 1962

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