Top 123 Quotes & Sayings by Mike McCready
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Last updated on September 17, 2024.
There's Eddie's conviction and his lyrics and his ideals, and he can just rock straight out. His vocals are incredible. And we all are really competent musicians.
I have to eat in a way that's good for me.
When you're really young, dating girls, and trying to explain Kiss, they just look at you like you're kind of crazy. I think they got so big in the Seventies and were such a phenomenon - they did the 'Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park' movie, the solo records - some people only know the merchandising stuff.
My favorite rocker is Go because it is heavy and chaotic.
I feel very blessed we can still have a career making music.
We try to keep everything as in-house and small and as punk rock and do-it-yourself as we can. That's part of our way of doing business.
Other bands gave us lip service, but when it came down to it they kind of backed off. That was a little disheartening. But I respect them. That's their business.
You get some confidence in your songwriting abilities and go for the essentials - guitar, bass, drums, vocals. Those are the basic band essentials that have to be in place before you go any further.
Life is a pre-existing condition.
I'm surprised that we're around still. A lot of the bands that we came out with are not around.
Sometimes with Polaroids, the shot you want to get in your head doesn't happen. What it makes me do is be patient, I guess, or let go of that presumption of what the shot's going to be.
I have had Crohn's for about 19 years. It is a debilitating disease that affects my colon.
Throughout my life of having Crohn's, I've been on and off prednisone when other stuff was not working.
I've been denied coverage two times in my life - and it's after I've been in a big successful rock band. And I've a lot of met people who've been denied coverage who don't have the resources to fight the insurance companies. And they shouldn't have to do that.
I honestly grew up listening to the Stones more. But that doesn't mean I don't love the Beatles.
But KISS inspired me personally to pick up a guitar and go for it.
Crohn's patients differentiate their diet. You know, what I can handle and tolerate, another person couldn't, and what they can, I can't.
I was reading an article with Stevie Ray Vaughan a long time ago, and the number '1959' stuck out to me for some reason. So I started searching those out as the band got more popular and I could actually afford one. And I found this one in Los Angeles. That's what introduced me to the whole world of 1959s.
I'm amazed that people are even still wanting to listen to us.
My mind has always kind of operated with this band like it's gonna be over tomorrow.
Some people are still not into us. That makes sense. We haven't really done a lot of press. We haven't put ourselves out there in ways that a lot of people would know we are still around. Unless you tour or record, they don't know you are around.
It's hard enough just staying in the present. I can't tell you what's going to happen tomorrow.
After Mad Season, I started writing my own music for Pearl Jam and brought it in. 'Given To Fly' came out of that, and so did 'Faithful' - those were on 'Yield,' which came after Mad Season.
I should never, ever try and grow a mustache again.
I'm sober now and very happy.
I try to dig deep into my soul to figure out something positive in the pain. I think I go to certain places when I play to heal.
The average life spans of many bands are not that long, up to five years if they are lucky.
At this point, because we have stayed the same course for so many years, I feel like we are freer to make choices that are motivated by what feels right creatively at a given point in time.
At some shows, the set list gets changed while we are on stage. I know Ed thinks about the set very hard throughout the day in order to make the best show possible for the fans and for us.
I'm the kind of guy who wants to be involved in everything concerning our new baby. I don't want to miss a thing.
I am constantly amazed at their support over the years.
I love playing with Jeff. That's something I never really say in the press, but he's my favorite bass player. I've played right next to him for 10 years.
When our band took off, we were all in this microcosm of a hurricane or whatever it was. It was a crazy, crazy dream come true with nightmares floating around it, and all sorts of stuff was happening, and my Crohn's was happening.
It's extremely important to have a loyal fan base and be receptive to them.
I think our relationship with Epic had run its natural course, and it happened to coincide with the fulfillment of our contract. We decided not to resign with them.
I'll hear us on classic rock radio stations, and I'll go, 'Oh, my God, we're getting old!'
There are some people who have stayed with us our whole career, which is pretty cool too.
There was no support system in Seattle for musicians.
Every Crohn's and colitis patient is different, and they all respond to different things. That's the craziest thing about it.
Polaroids were the instant thing to get a photo back when I started it. You had to wait two days to get your film back if you had a real camera, and I was more of an instant-gratification guy.
There's this idea that, 'All I have at the end of the day is my mind.' That's the only thing you can control. I believe that.
I would love for people to enjoy our music and have feelings from it. That's all I can hope for.
I've always wanted to have keyboards in the band.
To be able to make a living doing what I love is truly a gift, and I'm thankful for that every day.
Tom Petty sent me this amazing 12-string Rickenbacker, and 'Not for You' was the first time I used it. It was like a Christmas present. One day, it just showed up at my door. I called him up and thanked him.
Until Mad Season, I didn't have that confidence to write songs, and I really got it, playing with these guys. It meant the world to me.
It was by design that we mostly used pictures that you could not necessarily see what was going on, and that didn't really focus in on the band, but instead focused in on a theme.
The older I get, the more I surf and do more stretches to get ready for the rock show.
I've met a ton of new people who have colitis or Crohn's. Talking to them has been probably the most healing thing: to hear other people's attitudes on how they deal with their disease and how they stay positive.
And watching Ed, he's really coming into his own doing some new things onstage I've never seen him do. He's really getting into it, putting 120 percent into the show. We feel comfortable and excited.
I'm born, and I die, but in between that, I can do whatever I want or have a strong opinion about something.
To just meet people that have Crohn's or colitis and to hear their stories gives me a lot of hope and a lot of courage.
My life would have been different without Paul Stanley or Ace Frehley. They would have to be the greatest on my list as an influence to my life at 11 years old.
It's always push and pull with a record company.
Playing onstage, I'm always aware of where the bathrooms are. When Crohn's hits, I have to run, or it won't be pretty.
There's no time for regrets. You've just got to keep moving forward.
That's what music has always been to me: a feel. I've listened to the Stones many times and it still makes me have that feeling of joy every time. They are still around and put on a really exciting show. We also give it 120 percent.
Crohn's doesn't define who you are. You are a human being; you are special and a great addition to society. Crohn's is just a part of your life. Try to be positive and proactive - therein lies the solution.
I have lived most my life with chronic inflammation and constant pain with immediate diarrhea.
I play 'Rock Band' with my friends' kids, and they completely beat me senseless with it. I feel like I'm holding them back. I try to play the drums, and I just can't play the drums. I think I need to work on my skills.
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