Music was your real passion, this thing you held dear even above family. It was this relationship that never betrayed you. Once it became your job – this thing that was highly visible, this thing that became about commerce – that’s when you were holding onto music like it was a palm tree in a hurricane. Eddie VedderThe best revenge is to live on and prove yourself. Eddie VedderThe love received is the love that is saved. Eddie VedderI 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 VedderAt 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 VedderIt’s fun singing with other people who are really good singers. There’s something kind of poignant about braiding a couple vocals. Eddie VedderI’ve never been a calm, midrange type person. Eddie VedderIt’s an art to live with pain… mix the light into gray. Eddie VedderWhen it comes to grunge or even just Seattle, I think there was one band that made the definitive music of the time. It wasn’t us or Nirvana, but Mudhoney. Nirvana delivered it to the world, but Mudhoney were the band of that time and sound. Eddie Vedder
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