Eddie Vedder (Edward Louis Severson III) Quotes

There are times where I would keep three typewriters on a table, and I'd have three complete thoughts going. With computers, you make folders, files - I don't know about those things. I have sheaves of paper polluted with words and paragraphs. I found it a good tool for me. And it keeps your hands strong for guitar playing.

Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam

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• Typewriters
• Guitar Playing
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• There are times where I would keep three typewriters on a table, and I'd have three complete thoughts going. With computers, you make folders, files - I don't know about those things. I have sheaves of paper polluted with words and paragraphs. I found it a good tool for me. And it keeps your hands strong for guitar playing.

  

  Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
  • Computers
  • Typewriters
  • Guitar Playing