“I know I was born and I know that I'll die... The in between is mine. I Am Mine” Quote by Eddie Vedder
“It's the ones without scars - those are the people you have to watch out for.” PeopleWatchesScar Author:Eddie Vedder
“I had a long talk with Bruce Springsteen on a rooftop during the Vote for Change tour (in 2004). And it boiled down to this: That guy you used to be, he’s still in the car. He’ll always be in the car. Just don’t let him drive. He might be shouting out directions. But whatever you do, don’t let him get behind the wheel.” LongStillsMightUsedGuyBehindsCarVoteUsed To BeWheelsThat GuyShoutingRooftopsSpringsteen Author:Eddie Vedder
“Though some may think there should be a separation between art/music and politics, it should be reinforced that art can be a form of nonviolent protest.” ThinkingShouldMayArtFormSeparationProtestArt Music Author:Eddie Vedder
“I don't need drugs. Life is already tragic enough.” NeedsEnoughLife IsDrugTragic Author:Eddie Vedder
“It’s a song about first relationships and letting go. It’s very rare for a relationship to withstand the Earth’s gravitational pull and where it’s going to take people and how they’re going to grow. I’ve heard it said that you can’t really have a true love unless it was a love unrequited. It’s a harsh one, because then your truest one is the one you can’t have forever.” PeopleFirstsSaidEarthSongGrowsForeverHeardLetting GoUnrequited LoveHarshTruestUnrequited Author:Eddie Vedder
“This little four-string songwriting tool started changing the way I brought songs to the group.” WayLittlesSongFourGroupsToolsStringsSongwriting Author:Eddie Vedder
“Well, maybe it was just that I wasn't going to like anybody because I had to work and I had to explain to my teachers why I wasn't keeping up. I'd fall asleep and things in class and they'd lecture me about the reality of their classroom. I said, 'You want to see my reality?' I opened up my backpack to where you usually keep your pencils. That's where I kept my bills... electric bills, rent... That was my reality.” WantWellsSaidRealityFallClassTeacherBillsClassroomElectricPencilsLectures Author:Eddie Vedder
“War hurts. It hurts no matter which sides the bombs are falling on.” WarMatterFallSidesHurtBombsIt Hurts Author:Eddie Vedder