Eddie Vedder Quotes
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I'll ride the wave, where it takes me!
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There is a thing that happens when you are not as privileged and you start hanging out with a seedier crowd because you can afford to do the same things, ... And all of a sudden the big night out is sitting in somebody's trailer, smoking something or getting hold of something to put up to your nose.
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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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I had actually been going to Hawaii for quite a while before I ever picked up the uke. I think with anything new you're going to get more enjoyment out of it if it comes to you quickly, and the uke facilitates that.
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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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I know someday you'll have a beautiful life. I know you'll be a sun in somebody else's sky. But why can't it be mine?
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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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I'm optimistic yet disillusioned, hopeful yet frustrated.
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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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The smallest oceans still make big big waves.
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I don't need drugs. Life is already tragic enough.
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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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Society, you're a crazy breed.
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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 know I was born and I know that I'll die... The in between is mine. I Am Mine
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The interesting thing is that it seems like George W. Bush would have been happy being the president of anything. He could have been president of Major League Baseball. Less people killed. It wouldn't have affected the world on a planetary level. Sure, there would have been little things. There would have been scandals and kind of numbskull things here and there.
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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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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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Gave her love away, put it in my pocket when it should of been framed!
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It's the ones without scars - those are the people you have to watch out for.
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Is it O.K. that I speak in English? The only thing I know in Dutch is how to order pot.
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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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Isn't Timbaland a make of shoe? It's a producer? I don't know who that is. Oh well.