“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
“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
“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.” ChildrenKidsStrongForcePayAttentionProudPay AttentionMy ChildrenActivist Author:Eddie Vedder