Matt Cameron quotes

Matt Cameron is an American musician and drummer, best known for his work with the bands Soundgarden and Pearl Jam. His powerful and innovative drumming style has made a significant impact on the grunge and alternative rock scenes. He continues to inspire new generations of musicians through his performances and recordings. Here are 27 of his quotes:

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

Matt Cameron

Little things can make such a big difference during recording.

Matt Cameron

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

Matt Cameron

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

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

Matt Cameron

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

Matt Cameron

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

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

Matt Cameron

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

Matt Cameron

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

Matt Cameron

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

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

Matt Cameron

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

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

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

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

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

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

Matt Cameron

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

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

Matt Cameron

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

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