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
liars son thieves
I am a thief, I am a liar, I am George Bush and my son is an asshole.
mean courses
I'm really high... I mean the altitude of course.
song clothes singing
Singing someone else's songs is like keeping your clothes on.
stars rocks trying
We're not going to be the coolest rock stars in the world. We're trying to be good musicians.
gun law pot
Your pot laws are great! But your gun laws are even better!
winning littles citizenship
If 'little George Dubya Bush' wins, we are going to apply for Canadian citizenship.
delight youth
Delight, Delight, Delight...in our youth.
men rocks games
This is still a young man's game, so we have to stay young. Music allows you to do that, especially rock'n'roll.
ukulele seven possibility
I had a $1.50 from playing the ukulele after owning it seven minutes. I thought, "Hmmm, this has some possibilities."
ukulele machines littles
I learned so much about music by playing this little, miniature songwriting machine [ukulele], especially about melody. The motto is less strings more melody.
writing guitar ukulele
I was able to apply ukulele to whatever I'm trying to write. It's become part of songwriting for me, the knowledge I gained from hearing the melodies come out, and then applying that to guitar or vocals.
dream song rocks
I was starting to play the ukulele at the same time I was having all these conversations with [the late Ramones guitarist] Johnny Ramone, these intense tutorials staying up late and listening to the music he grew up on, and picking up what's a great song and what makes a great song. He was all about lists and dissecting songs, like what's a better song by Cheap Trick: "No Surrender" or "Dream Police"? Sometimes you'd be surprised by the answer. It was an interesting dichotomy between hanging out with the godfather of punk rock and starting to play the ukulele. They came together.
people long band
One thing you might suggest to a young band is don't get involved in any kind of long-term contract because everything changes on a bimonthly basis: The way people hear music and access it, the way it is distributed.
morning writing night
I've had a lot of typewriters that I've had relationships with; one still has a piece of masking tape that says "$8" on it. I love working on them. I can't fix a computer or a car, but I can fix a typewriter. I like them because you can write on them late at night, depending on what you're fortifying yourself with, and the next morning you can still figure what you wrote.