“When I had a child, everyone was telling me that I was going to see the world through her eyes, and everything was going to get this nice gloss to it. I kept waiting for that to happen, and thought there was a real problem with me that it wasn't.” WorldChildrenRealProblemHappensEyeWaitingNiceHer EyesReal ProblemsGloss 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
“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 .” PeopleWorldKindPresidentInterestingBaseballLeagueLittle ThingsMajor League Author:Eddie Vedder
“I'm not a college graduate, but I don't know how George W.Bush could have truly believed that the flower of democracy was going to blossom in that part of the world, I mean Iraq - at least in part because the governments there are so tied to religion .” WorldMeanDemocracyCollegeFlowerGraduatesCollege Graduates Author:Eddie Vedder
“When it comes to grunge or even just Seattle, I think there was one band that made the definitive music of the time. It wasn't us or Nirvana, but Mudhoney. Nirvana delivered it to the world, but Mudhoney were the band of that time and sound.” ThinkingWorldMadeSoundBandSeattleGrunge Author:Eddie Vedder
“People on death row, the treatment of animals, women's right to choose. So much in America is based on religious fundamentalist Christianity. Grow up! This is the modern world!” PeopleWorldAmericaGrowsReligiousAnimalChristianityGrowing UpModernTreatmentWomens RightsModern WorldFundamentalistDeath RowTreatment Of Animals Author:Eddie Vedder
“You know, rock stardom... I have a hard time discussing that because I don't really accept it. It's not really that tangible. What's really bizarre is how it's used as a thing - you know, 'He's the rock star of politics,' 'He's the rock star of quarterbacks' - like it's the greatest thing in the world.” KnowsWorldHardUsedStarsAcceptingRocksHard TimesBizarreRock StarTangibleDiscussingQuarterbackStardom 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
“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
“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
