Eddie Vedder (Edward Louis Severson III) Quotes

When I had a child, everyone was telling me that I was going to see the world through her eyes, and everything was going to get this nice gloss to it. I kept waiting for that to happen, and thought there was a real problem with me that it wasn't.

Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam

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• Real
• Nice
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• When I had a child, everyone was telling me that I was going to see the world through her eyes, and everything was going to get this nice gloss to it. I kept waiting for that to happen, and thought there was a real problem with me that it wasn't.

  

  Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
  • World
  • Real
  • Nice