“If you're anti-war it doesn't mean you are 'Pro' one side or the other in a conflict. However, it does make you 'Pro' many thingsPro-Peace, Pro-Human, Pro-Evolution, it makes you Pro-Communication, Pro-Diplomacy, Pro-Love, Pro-Understanding, Pro-Forgiveness.” IfsHumansMeanDoeWarUnderstandingSidesCommunicationEvolutionConflictAnti WarDiplomacy Author:Eddie Vedder
“Competition is healthy, if you can turn it off and on. When someone gets too cocky in victory, that can ruin the positive aspect.” IfsTurnsVictoryHealthyAspectCompetitionRuinsCocky Author:Eddie Vedder
“If it's a band I like, I just hope they will survive it all. And I'll admit that if it's crap music, I hope they won't and it'll go away. Simply because there are too many great bands who should be heard in their place.” IfsShouldHeardBandGoing AwayCrapRap Music Author:Eddie Vedder
“The nice thing about money is that you can do good things with it. I still feel like if something needs to be done or we need to raise money for someone on death row, we can find ways to do it.” IfsWayNeedsFeelsStillsDoneCan DoNiceRaisesGood ThingsNice ThingsDeath Row Author:Eddie Vedder
“These pop songs almost feel like tabloid journalism, in a way. It's c**p that people seem to like. And I don't know if it has meaning. I don't know if one of the pop songs of the summer has any fibre in it. People are consuming it, and is it healthy?... Maybe there's some healthy property or some restorative property that I'm not receiving. It seems like it has a really high fructose content.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayFeelsSeemsSongHealthySummerPropertyPopsJournalismReceivingConsumingTabloidsPop Song Author:Eddie Vedder
“I just don't understand, if they see numbers [of CEO salaries]that represent people, how they can somehow skirt around that and morally justify taking or ruining those lives and leaving them with nothing. That, to me, is violent crime. It's certainly more violent than selling grams of pot to other adults.” PeopleIfsNumbersCrimeAdultsLeavingViolentSellingJustifyPotCeoSalarySkirtsViolent Crimes Author:Eddie Vedder
“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.” IfsThinkingKnowsKnow MeYou Don't Love Me Author:Eddie Vedder
“If 'little George Dubya Bush' wins, we are going to apply for Canadian citizenship.” IfsLittlesWinningCitizenship Author:Eddie Vedder
“Ladies and gentleman of Florida, this is the real Jeff Ament...take a very good look because there's an imposter running around...if someone comes up to you and says he's Jeff Ament and says he wants to take your pot or wants to take you to a strip club, it's probably not him.” IfsWantLooksRealRunningVery GoodCome UpClubsGentlemanPotFloridaLooking GoodUp To YouLadies And GentlemenImposter Author:Eddie Vedder
“I get really worried, like if they say, 'Take vocal lessons,' or something because it's kind of like I used to really love to draw when I was a kid and then I took like an art class - because everyone said, 'Oh, you're so good, you should take a class and maybe you can be really good,' and then I went to the class and then they showed me how to use a ruler and perspective and all this stuff and it totally made me not want to do it at all.” IfsWantShouldKindArtMadeSaidUseKidsUsedStuffClassPerspectiveLessonsDrawsWorriedRulersVocalGet RealArt Class Author:Eddie Vedder
“I think music is the greatest art form that exists, and I think people listen to music for different reasons, and it serves different purposes. Some of it is background music, and some of it is things that might affect a person's day, if not their life, or change an attitude. The best songs are the ones that make you feel something.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsPersonsArtDifferentReasonMightFormPurposeSongAttitudeMusic IsMusicalBackgroundsListening To MusicBackground Music Author:Eddie Vedder
“I think that if your approach is one where you don't want to alienate anybody, you're going to have to soften the viewpoint or the information that you're offering to such an extent that it doesn't have the power to make any difference. You have to take that risk.” IfsThinkingWantDifferencesRiskInformationApproachOfferingViewpoints Author:Eddie Vedder
“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.” IfsThinkingEnjoymentHawaiiFacilitateNew You Author:Eddie Vedder
“If at noon you sit down and there's just silence or blank tape, in an hour if you have a song, that didn't exist an hour ago. Now it exists and it might exist for a long time. There's something empowering about that.” IfsLongMightSongHoursSilenceLong TimeDown AndEmpoweringTapeBlankNoon Author:Eddie Vedder
“If people don't like what I'm doing I really don't have time to hear it. I'm doing something good with my life and I challenge them to do the same.” PeopleIfsChallenges Author:Eddie Vedder
“If you're anti-war it doesn't mean you are 'pro' one side or the other in a conflict.” IfsMeanWarSidesConflictAnti War Author:Eddie Vedder
“If there was anything that I learned with my own writing process, maybe there's too many choices what to write about. Just the amount of subject matter in the world these days; maybe that feels chaotic for me.” IfsWorldFeelsWritingMatterChoicesProcessMy OwnSubjectsAmountThese DaysWriting ProcessChaoticSubject Matter Author:Eddie Vedder
“That's part of the curse: If you're gonna play the song, you better play it. I've tried to phone in 'Jeremy' a few times, and it's tough. It doesn't work.” IfsPlaySongToughPhonesCurse Author:Eddie Vedder
“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.” IfsKindAbleOpportunityLostOceanStudiosPlaying Music Author:Eddie Vedder
“I'm not ready to be that guy who can meet with world leaders and all that. It's tremendous what Bono does. I don't know if I could do it, not the way he does. I don't think many people could.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWorldWayDoeGuyLeaderReadyIf I CouldThat GuyNot ReadyWorld Leader Author:Eddie Vedder
