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What we aspired to in 1998, we have wildly surpassed. And I know we all feel incredibly grateful and lucky this band has been able to have the life that it's had.

— Ben Gibbard

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Yes, we are fortunate because as a band we've always been on the up, always getting more successful.

— Glenn Tipton

Any accolades that anybody puts toward this band really makes me feel good, because I have devoted such a big part of my life to this band, making it what I want it to be.

— Charlie Daniels

We were really grown up for our age and it was an incredible special band.

— Joan Jett

I think we could have done a lot more great music, so I was disappointed that we didn't continue making records and touring, but it's hard to argue with 10 good years.

— Jerry Harrison

I can't believe we've got away with becoming this huge band. And we still haven't done anything I think is that good yet.

— Chris Martin

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

In the '80s the band was 24/7. You were only as good as what you were producing at any given moment. Now my family is more important. I also think having the shock of your mum and dad dying humbles you slightly.

— Gary Kemp

I've been through this fame thing before, when the band was big in '80, '81.

— John Lurie

✗Opposing Perspectives

I don't think success has changed us as people at all. We are the same lunatics that we were when this band first got going. We never see ourselves as being on a higher level than our fans.

— Kirk Hammett

Sadly, I've seen a lot of bands hit that sort of peak and then eventually start supporting again, you know, which we will never do. We always put a lot of thought into the way that we are going to go, and we always change.

— Glenn Tipton