“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 probably get strangers coming up to me two or three times a week to just say something nice. I get more than my share of compliments as I walk through my daily life. I'm not having to show off or make a point about how good I am at doing something. I think I've always kind of been that way.” ThinkingWayKindTwoShowsThreeWalksNiceWeekShareStrangerDaily LifeComplimentThree TimesShowing Off Author:Eddie Vedder
“I'm trying to break any chain of negative parenting that I might have survived.” TryingMightBreakNegativeParentingChainsSurvived Author:Eddie Vedder
“Life moves fast. As much as you can learn from your history, you have to move forward.” MovingMoving Forward Author:Eddie Vedder
“Music was your real passion, this thing you held dear even above family. It was this relationship that never betrayed you. Once it became your job - this thing that was highly visible, this thing that became about commerce - that's when you were holding onto music like it was a palm tree in a hurricane.” RealJobsPassionTreeDearVisibleCommercePalmsBetrayedHurricanesPalm Trees Author:Eddie Vedder
“I feel like we have to keep our eyes on the road. Being nostalgic is like taking an offramp and getting a sandwich - and then you get back on the highway. I don't want to be spending the rest of my life at the gas station.” WantFeelsEyeSpendingGasStationsGet BackHighwaysSandwichesNostalgicGas Stations Author:Eddie Vedder