“We went from an era when rock 'n' roll meant wearing a bustier as a woman and these spandex things and guys trying to portray someone that wasn't realistic. We are trying to make it seem real... relate to our lives.” TryingRealSeemsGuyOur LivesRocksErasRelateRealisticRock N RollSpandex Author:Eddie Vedder
“I don't work so hard at trying to get every song to be three-dimensional and mean so much. I just want to breathe, right now, with the music.” WantTryingMeanHardSongThreeRight NowBreathe Author:Eddie Vedder
“I'm having a hard time trying to figure out how to say things. I'm a little exhausted by the process.” TryingLittlesHardProcessFiguresHard TimesExhaustedHaving A Hard Time Author:Eddie Vedder
“We're not going to be the coolest rock stars in the world. We're trying to be good musicians.” WorldTryingStarsRocksMusicianBe GoodRock Star Author:Eddie Vedder
“I was able to apply ukulele to whatever I'm trying to write. It's become part of songwriting for me, the knowledge I gained from hearing the melodies come out, and then applying that to guitar or vocals.” WritingTryingAbleGuitarHearingMelodySongwritingVocalUkulele Author:Eddie Vedder
“Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament and I get excited talking about making record artwork or working with T-shirt designs. The least exciting part for us is talking about the finances; it's like going to the dentist for us. But we at least try to do it in a creative way and put our stamp on it. I can only think that we create something that's worth the value of that dollar.” ThinkingWayTryingI CanValuesTalkingCreativeRecordsDesignExcitingDollarsExcitedFinanceShirtsPearlsStampsT ShirtJamArtworkDentistPearl JamBassists Author:Eddie Vedder
“The phone conversation where I haven't had a smoke, it's like trying to talk without using adverbs.” Trying Author:Eddie Vedder
“I'm trying to break any chain of negative parenting that I might have survived.” TryingMightBreakNegativeParentingChainsSurvived Author:Eddie Vedder
“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.” WritingTryingEnoughSongLike YouMessagesCome UpMoodAgendasGood Enough Author:Eddie Vedder
“There's been times when I've been standing in a line at a movie and someone's hit me with something really heavy about someone really close and how our music has helped them get through it. Even in our darkest moments we try and find something beautiful.” TryingMomentsBeautifulLinesStandingHeavySomething Beautiful Author:Eddie Vedder
“It's more like you write what comes to you... You try to reflect the mood of the songs. Take 'Rearviewmirror', we start off with the music and it kinds of propels the lyrics. It made me feel like I was in a car, leaving something, a bad situation. There's an emotion there. I remembered all the times I wanted to leave.” FeelsWritingTryingKindMadeWantedSongEmotionSituationCarLike YouLeavingMoodRememberedBad Situations Author:Eddie Vedder
“You kill yourself and you make a big old sacrifice and try to get your revenge. That all you're gonna end up with is a paragraph in a newspaper. In the end, it does nothing. Nothing changes. The world goes on and you're gone. The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself.” WorldTryingDoeEndsBigsGoneSacrificeGoes OnProveRevengeNewspapersChanging The WorldThings ChangeParagraphKilling YourselfBest RevengeProving Yourself Author:Eddie Vedder
“Everytime I see the Spice Girls, it makes me want to try to fly by climbing my roof and strapping bricks to my shoes.” WantTryingGirlShoesClimbingRoofBricksSpicesSpice Girls Author:Eddie Vedder
