More Quotes by Eddie Vedder
I'm optimistic yet disillusioned, hopeful yet frustrated.
I remember sitting in this pool hall with Stone and Chris and we watched - this really old, really classic pool hall - and we were sitting there and it was really rainy out and George Bush came on and started telling us about the [Gulf] war and that we were going and, and the whole thing, and there's part of that in it, when we talk about "I don't question our exsistence / I just question, our modern needs.
It's saying, just stop, and be together. Don't talk now, just breathe and feel each other's presence.
If he can't sleep, how will he ever dream?
It's the ones without scars - those are the people you have to watch out for.
Music's at its best when it has a purpose.
I knew all the rules but the rules did not know me.
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.
The love received is the love that is saved.
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.
