80 Eddie Vedder Quotes That You Will Love

Eddie Vedder, famed Pearl Jam singer, rose to prominence as a defining voice in Seattle’s grunge scene, renowned for his husky vocals and introspective lyrics.

Vedder not only championed women’s rights and environmental activism but also pursued solo ventures, contributing soundtracks to films, notably 2007’s “Into the Wild”.

Born Edward Louis Severson III, he discovered music and surfing after moving to San Diego during his formative years.

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Initially working odd jobs, he eventually connected with future Pearl Jam members and soared to fame with albums like “Ten”.

His musical journey includes collaborations with industry greats, culminating in the 2022 solo rock album “Earthling”.

Below are some of the greatest quotes by Eddie Vedder.


Best Eddie Vedder Quotes

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I’ve never been a calm, midrange type person. ~ Eddie Vedder.

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I’m optimistic yet disillusioned, hopeful yet frustrated. ~ Eddie Vedder.

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Gave her love away, put it in my pocket when it should of been framed! ~ Eddie Vedder.

If it’s a good cause, I’ll play just about anything. ~ Eddie Vedder.

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The smallest oceans still make big big waves. ~ Eddie Vedder.

I’m Eddie Vedder and I sing. I do. ~ Eddie Vedder.

This is still a young man’s game, so we have to stay young. Music allows you to do that, especially rock’n’roll. ~ Eddie Vedder.

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Dream the dreams of other men, you’ll be no one’s rival. ~ Eddie Vedder.

I don’t need drugs to make my life tragic. ~ Eddie Vedder.

The nice thing about money is that you can do good things with it. I still feel like if something needs to be done or we need to raise money for someone on death row, we can find ways to do it. ~ Eddie Vedder.

This little four-string songwriting tool started changing the way I brought songs to the group. ~ Eddie Vedder.

Wind in my hair, I feel part of everywhere
Underneath my being is a road that disappeared
Late at night I hear the trees, they’re singing with the dead
Overhead… ~ Eddie Vedder.

You mature as far as your understanding of what it’s going to take, and you increase your stamina. You don’t let frustration overtake you when you’re looking for change. ~ Eddie Vedder.

You can’t be perfect. You can’t be the perfect father. You can’t be the perfect singer. ~ Eddie Vedder.

Inspiring Eddie Vedder Quotes

When I was 13, I got my first guitar, and I could sort of play Ted Nugent songs, but I couldn’t play the solos. But I could play along with entire Ramones songs. ~ Eddie Vedder.

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The sorrow grows bigger when the sorrow’s denied. ~ Eddie Vedder.

I’d like people to be educated on the voting machines, making sure that our democracy isn’t being hijacked by computer technology. There’s no reason there can’t be a paper trail on those machines. ~ Eddie Vedder.

I don’t question our existence, I just question our modern needs. ~ Eddie Vedder.

I don’t work so hard at trying to get every song to be three-dimensional and mean so much. I just want to breathe, right now, with the music. ~ Eddie Vedder.

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War hurts. It hurts no matter which sides the bombs are falling on. ~ Eddie Vedder.

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

I don’t trust nobody, especially when they say something good. ~ Eddie Vedder.

Your pot laws are great! But your gun laws are even better! ~ Eddie Vedder.

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It seems like a necessary balance to life, being part of the community. ~ Eddie Vedder.

I think what happens is when something becomes successful, then a lot of people take credit for it in such ways that it takes credit away from you. ~ Eddie Vedder.

Top Eddie Vedder Quotes

No matter how good you are, at some point your kids are gonna have to create their own independence and think that Mom and Dad aren’t cool, just to establish themselves. That’s what adolescence is about. They’re gonna go through that no matter what. ~ Eddie Vedder.

At a certain point, you realize you have a responsibility more behind yourself and your need for adrenaline. I’m glad I did things in my 20s that were more reckless. ~ Eddie Vedder.

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Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It’s really easy to fall. ~ Eddie Vedder.

I think celebrities suck. ~ Eddie Vedder.

Any conversations we hear about ‘So who are Pearl Jam marketing to?’ are despicable. ~ 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. ~ Eddie Vedder.

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It’s an art to live with pain… mix the light into gray. ~ Eddie Vedder.

I just finished touring, and I’m on a detox thing. It’s a heavy detox, so nothing in my belly except water, salt, and cayenne pepper. ~ Eddie Vedder.

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

I realized in the early days I just didn’t edit at all. But I think you become a little more cagey with your lyrics when you know more people are going to hear them and make assumptions about you as a person. Realizing that, you want to be a little more opaque. ~ Eddie Vedder.

I’m trying to break any chain of negative parenting that I might have survived. ~ Eddie Vedder.

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Singing someone else’s songs is like keeping your clothes on. ~ Eddie Vedder.

After the Ramones, it was more about new wave for me than punk. ~ Eddie Vedder.

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. ~ Eddie Vedder.

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Life moves fast. As much as you can learn from your history, you have to move forward. ~ Eddie Vedder.

Competition is healthy, if you can turn it off and on. When someone gets too cocky in victory, that can ruin the positive aspect. ~ Eddie Vedder.

If at noon you sit down and there’s just silence or blank tape, in an hour if you have a song, that didn’t exist an hour ago. Now it exists and it might exist for a long time. There’s something empowering about that. ~ Eddie Vedder.

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. ~ Eddie Vedder.

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The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself. ~ Eddie Vedder.

I was living on the wrong side of the tracks in Evanston, Illinois, in a home for boys. We had these Jackson 5 records. I really related to their voices – they were about my age, but they were doing it. ~ Eddie Vedder.

It’s not a bad time to be me. ~ Eddie Vedder.

I’m making music for music’s sake, and I have an audience I’m proud of. ~ Eddie Vedder.

I wish I was the verb ‘to trust’ and never let you down. ~ Eddie Vedder.

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If he can’t sleep, how will he ever dream? ~ Eddie Vedder.

Society, you’re a crazy breed. ~ Eddie Vedder.

Famous Eddie Vedder Quotes

Caffeine. The gateway drug. ~ Eddie Vedder.

Music saved me; I mean, my upbringing was like a hurricane, and music was the tree I held onto. ~ Eddie Vedder.

War doesn’t determine who’s right, it determines who’s left. ~ Eddie Vedder.

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I change by not changing at all. ~ Eddie Vedder.

We’re not going to be the coolest rock stars in the world. We’re trying to be good musicians. ~ Eddie Vedder.

Things like guitars and ukuleles, you should never part with it, because there will probably be good, healthy times spent, just playing and writing. ~ Eddie Vedder.

I don’t wanna think, I wanna FEEL. ~ Eddie Vedder.

Worship the music, not the musicians. ~ Eddie Vedder.

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What you taught me put me here. Don’t come visit, mother. ~ Eddie Vedder.

You don’t love me. If you really knew me, you wouldn’t love me. You love who you think I am. And don’t pretend that you know me. Because I don’t even know myself. ~ Eddie Vedder.

Music’s at its best when it has a purpose. ~ Eddie Vedder.

You feel that no matter what’s said in the music or how pointed it may get, the most you can wish for is that it plants a few seeds. ~ Eddie Vedder.

If people don’t like what I’m doing I really don’t have time to hear it. I’m doing something good with my life and I challenge them to do the same. ~ Eddie Vedder.

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I’ll ride the wave, where it takes me! ~ Eddie Vedder.

Are you woman enough to be my man? ~ Eddie Vedder.

Inspirational Eddie Vedder Quotes

Wait a minute, yes, those are human heads. ~ Eddie Vedder.

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. ~ Eddie Vedder.

I’m having a hard time trying to figure out how to say things. I’m a little exhausted by the process. ~ Eddie Vedder.

The love received is the love that is saved. ~ Eddie Vedder.

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I knew all the rules but the rules did not know me. ~ Eddie Vedder.

Well there’s a lot of machines making music today too so you should expect perfection from them! Other than that it’s humans programming it which is actually why i still like it. But yeah, that sounds about right. Now what I’ve got to do is I’ve got to stop expecting it of myself. ~ Eddie Vedder.

It’s a fragile thing,this life we lead if I think too much I can get overwhelmed by the grace by which live our lives with death over our shoulder. ~ Eddie Vedder.

The one thing about going from the audience to the stage in just three years is that you know how it feels to be down there. ~ Eddie Vedder.

Leave it to me as I find a way to be Consider me a satellite, forever orbiting I knew all the rules, but the rules did not know me Guaranteed. ~ Eddie Vedder.

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I’ve got my indignation but I’m pure in all my thoughts. ~ Eddie Vedder.

It’s the ones without scars – those are the people you have to watch out for… ~ Eddie Vedder.

I don’t know how people do it these days – paparazzi and that kind of thing. That’s something I can’t even imagine. ~ 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. ~ Eddie Vedder.


So these were the 80 top Eddie Vedder quotes on music, life and bands.

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