286 Quotes by Eddie Vedder

The sorrow grows bigger when the sorrow’s denied.

I’m an example of someone who never made it to university. I did have this dream to be a musician. I felt that this dream had an expiration date.

Yeah, we’ll play that. You want fries with that?

It’s saying, just stop, and be together. Don’t talk now, just breathe and feel each other’s presence...

I used to kind of blame someone for not being able to get through that – I’m talking about the addiction part – but I’ve had a few experiences recently where you don’t blame the person anymore.

So my one kid’s 4, my other kid’s 4 months, I’m 44, Barack Obama is the 44th president – it’s all lining up nicely here.

It’s not a bad time to be me.

If it’s a band I like, I just hope they will survive it all. And I’ll admit that if it’s crap music, I hope they won’t and it’ll go away. Simply because there are too many great bands who should be heard in their place.

I believe in the power of music. To me, it isn’t just a fad. This is a positive thing.