Eddie Vedder Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“If it's a good cause, I'll play just about anything.”

“It's not a bad time to be me.”

“Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.”

“I'm an example of someone who never made it to university. I did have this dream to be a musician. I felt that this dream had an expiration date.”

“Our influences are who we are. It's rare that anything is an absolutely pure vision; even Daniel Johnston sounds like the Beatles. And that's the problem with the bands I'm always asked about, the ones derivative of the early Seattle sound. They don't dilute their influences enough.”

“You can't be perfect. You can't be the perfect father. You can't be the perfect singer.”

“If I'm not on tour or in the studio, I'm in nature somewhere, usually some kind of ocean. Playing music has afforded me that. It's not lost on me that it's a tremendous opportunity to be able to spend your life being surrounded by nature.”

“Any conversations we hear about 'So who are Pearl Jam marketing to?' are despicable.”

“I just finished touring, and I'm on a detox thing. It's a heavy detox, so nothing in my belly except water, salt, and cayenne pepper.”

“I just think that all of us in this room should have a voice in how the USA is represented. And he don't allow us our voice, that's all I'm saying.”