#seattle

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

In January of 1995, my family and I moved to Seattle. Pearl Jam did the first of their live radio broadcasts, Monkey Wrench Radio, along with many other Seattle musicians. ↗

— Jack Irons

#broadcasts #did #family #first #i

Our influences are who we are. It's rare that anything is an absolutely pure vision; even Daniel Johnston sounds like the Beatles. And that's the problem with the bands I'm always asked about, the ones derivative of the early Seattle sound. They don't dilute their influences enough. ↗

— Eddie Vedder

#absolutely #always #anything #asked #bands

It was not until I got my first job, at the University of Washington in Seattle, and began playing chess with Don Gordon, a brilliant young theorist, that I learned economic theory. ↗

— Douglass North

#brilliant #chess #economic #economic theory #first

What we need, is a break out. Out of our lives, out of Seattle, out of the dumb script of girl. ↗

— Lidia Yuknavitch

#inspirational #lidia #script #seattle #yuknavitch

If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to the man. All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons of the Earth. ↗

— Chief Seattle

#chief #chief-seattle #earth #seattle #men

When we moved to Seattle, everybody kind of disappeared into different corners of the city and it was a very difficult time for the band. ↗

— Ben Gibbard

#city #corners #different #difficult #difficult time

I grew up in Seattle, but I always knew I wanted to leave. ↗

— David Guterson

#grew #i #i always #knew #leave

My father is a practicing criminal law attorney in the Seattle area. ↗

— David Guterson

#attorney #criminal #criminal law #father #law

It's still fun to come to games, and it's still fun to be in the Seattle crowd. ↗