Eddie Vedder Quotes
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I'd like people to be educated on the voting machines, making sure that our democracy isn't being hijacked by computer technology. There's no reason there can't be a paper trail on those machines.
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Let me be as weird as I fuckin' like. It's my fuckin' life.
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I am not a good enough writer to have an agenda or come up with a message and try to put it into a song. It's more like you write what comes to you... You try to reflect the mood of the songs.
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Everytime I see the Spice Girls, it makes me want to try to fly by climbing my roof and strapping bricks to my shoes.
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I am a thief, I am a liar, I am George Bush and my son is an asshole.
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This little four-string songwriting tool started changing the way I brought songs to the group.
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Society, you're a crazy breed.
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I've got my indignation but I'm pure in all my thoughts.
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So much energy comes out of concerts sometimes, especially good ones that are really moving. And that energy, no matter how great the show is, it dissipates within two weeks or a month.
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I know I was born and I know that I'll die... The in between is mine. I Am Mine
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The smallest oceans still make big big waves.
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You don't love me. If you really knew me, you wouldn't love me. You love who you think I am. And don't pretend that you know me. Because I don't even know myself.
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I'm optimistic yet disillusioned, hopeful yet frustrated.
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It's understandable why someone would like their entertainment to provide an escape from modern day worries and the reality of war. We feel this record creates a healthy opportunity to process some of these emotions rather than deny them.
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I don't need drugs. Life is already tragic enough.
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I believe in the power of music. To me, it isn't just a fad. This is a positive thing.
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Gave her love away, put it in my pocket when it should of been framed!
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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.
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I had a long talk with Bruce Springsteen on a rooftop during the Vote for Change tour (in 2004). And it boiled down to this: That guy you used to be, he’s still in the car. He’ll always be in the car. Just don’t let him drive. He might be shouting out directions. But whatever you do, don’t let him get behind the wheel.
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Music saved me; I mean, my upbringing was like a hurricane, and music was the tree I held onto.
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I'm probably never happier than when I'm by myself in the water. What I've worked and sacrificed for is not to be on stage playing music but to surf in some secluded place. It's a grounding element. Waves don't care who you are.
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It's a mystery to me We have a greed with which we have agreed You think you have to want more than you need Until you have it all you won't be free When you want more than you have You think you need And when you think more than you want Your thoughts begin to bleed I think I need to find a bigger place 'Cause when you have more than you think You need more space Society, you're a crazy breed I hope you're not lonely without me Society, crazy and deep I hope you're not lonely without me.
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This is still a young man's game, so we have to stay young. Music allows you to do that, especially rock'n'roll.
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It's the ones without scars - those are the people you have to watch out for.