Creativity Quote by Matt Cameron

It reads like the softest kind of devotion: not a grand declaration, just a musician admitting he would rearrange his life for someone else’s art. The double-hedge in “definitely go try to go” is doing the real work. “Definitely” signals certainty of feeling; “try” concedes the reality of touring schedules, guest lists, family obligations, the thousand tiny frictions that make even famous people miss shows. It’s fandom without mythology, admiration without branding.

Coming from Matt Cameron, that understatement lands with extra charge. This isn’t a random listener; it’s a veteran of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, someone whose own career helped define an era when PJ Harvey was also reshaping what rock could sound like - razor-edged, literate, unafraid of ugliness. So the line becomes a quiet peer-to-peer salute. In rock culture, where credibility can curdle into constant posturing, the modest phrasing is a flex in reverse: the confidence to be plainly impressed.

There’s also an implicit geography: “ever came to town” suggests touring as a kind of rare weather event, something you don’t control, only anticipate. It captures a pre-streaming mindset where the live encounter is the real currency, the moment when songs become bodies in a room. Cameron’s intent isn’t to canonize Harvey; it’s to put her in the category that matters most to working musicians: the artists you still show up for, even when you know exactly how the machine works.