Our first record didn’t come out on vinyl, so I think that might have had something to do with actually being in a position to make sure that it came out in vinyl this time. It sounds way better.
Meaning of the quote
In this quote, Jeff Ament, an American musician, is explaining why his latest record was released on vinyl. He says that their first record wasn't on vinyl, but this time they made sure it was. Ament believes that vinyl records sound much better than other formats, so he wanted to make sure their new record was released on vinyl to get the best possible sound quality.
More quotes from Jeff Ament
We just finished making a record. Everybody wants to play shows, so we’re going to after that.
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I’m not going to say no to playing a show in Missoula.
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I didn’t write this song. Someone was talking in a room. I just wrote down everything they said.
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I played djembe, percussion, keyboards and I sang.
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I have to go someplace where I can soak myself in a creative atmosphere.
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That’s probably half the reason I wanted to be in a band – I wanted to see the world.
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When I moved to Seattle, I was hanging out with kids who had done drugs, had sex a million times. I look at them now and realize their childhood was taken away.
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Every few years I’ll party way too much to remind myself what an idiot I am.
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Everybody got away from what Pearl Jam are supposed to be.
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Make movies. Don’t make videos. Videos are evil.
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It’s great that people are basically spending their two weeks of vacation to come out and be with us in some weird part of the world. And I think we owe it to them to take ’em to some cool places.
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Our first record didn’t come out on vinyl, so I think that might have had something to do with actually being in a position to make sure that it came out in vinyl this time. It sounds way better.
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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.
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We went to Big Sur about three years ago and hung out at the Esalen Institute.
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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.
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We’ve always been a band that stood up for what we thought was right.
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It’s hard for us not to be involved with things. When you have so much information and you see so much need, there’s too much going on for us not to get involved.
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