Eddie Vedder
Eddie Vedder
Eddie Vedderis an American musician, singer and songwriter best known as a member of the rock band Pearl Jam, with whom he performs lead vocals and is one of three guitarists. He is known for his powerful baritone vocals...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth23 December 1964
CityEvanston, IL
CountryUnited States of America
teacher fall reality
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.
song tools four
This little four-string songwriting tool started changing the way I brought songs to the group.
wish verbs
I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down....
musician worship
Worship the music, not the musicians.
drug needs life-is
I don't need drugs. Life is already tragic enough....
I'm Eddie Vedder and I sing. I do.
punk wave ramones
After the Ramones, it was more about new wave for me than punk.
baseball interesting league
The interesting thing is that it seems like George W. Bush would have been happy being the president of anything. He could have been president of Major League Baseball.
people kind imagine
I don't know how people do it these days - paparazzi and that kind of thing. That's something I can't even imagine.
kids president months
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.
careers house guilt
You know, punk bands now sell with one record - their first or second record - sell 10 times the amount of records than the Ramones did throughout their career with 20-something records. That's why I go over to Johnny Ramone's house and do yard work three times a week, just to absolve some of the guilt.
bad-times
It's not a bad time to be me.
responsibility needs realizing
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.
nice two three
I probably get strangers coming up to me two or three times a week to just say something nice.