"I was telling the guy how much they reminded me of the Band, whose music was a big influence on me. And as we were talking through the wall - I thought I was dreaming, but they were playing the Bands It Makes No Difference. So I looked at the cat and said 'Okay, interview over' and ran out and watched them play it."
- Eddie Vedder, about being interviewed backstage during one of My Morning Jacket's first sound checks
(Spin interview, May 2008)
Vedder sand the song with MMJ almost every night thereafter.