Eddie Vedder
Eddie Vedder is the lead singer for the band Pearl Jam.
Behave like rock stars, not like the President.
You know something? I've never dated. I never had time for that stuff. I really had an ongoing affair with my Telecaster, and that was pretty much it.
This is for all the fuck ups in the crowd. (Pinkpop, Holland, 2000 - before playing fuckin' up)
I got a letter from a woman recently that said 'Until you have a uterus I wish you'd keep your mouth shut on this issue.' If I agreed with that woman and said, 'Okay until I have a uterus I surrender, I'll stay out of this' and all the men agreed with that, then we wouldn't have an issue. Because the people heading this kind of radical right...we're talking about middle-aged, upper-class, white men. So if they get out of it, I'll get out of it. Sure. No problem.
"You know... If I can say it in English... We pay to see you sing, we should pay you... Thank you from deep down... corazon... gracias." - Buenos Aires, Argentina November 25th 2005
"Miller Lite... Now there's a beer. I'll tell you what, I could piss in a cup and give it to this guy here and he'd like it better than a Miller Lite." - Detroit, 6/25/03
“On behalf of the group and our crew… Our crew works very hard to get here and set this up… and they worked very hard on this… tour.” (The crowd starts applauding and Edd continues) “And you know, we’ve worked hard too, and we only have one more show after tonight before we go home (after that, some guys at the crowd start shouting ‘Why go home, Why go home?’ [they were making an allusion to the lyric of PJ-s song ‘Why Go’] and after he heard that, Edd begins to laugh and then continues) and… The last show is never the best, it’s always the one right before the last… Every time. (the crowd went crazy) And we just wanna say that you deserve so much of the credit, so thank you so much!” (Pearl Jam in Zagreb, Croatia – 26.09.2006.)
"Come into Madison Square Garden and fuck up a song big time - I think John Lennon would've been proud!"
Do you want a message?... Do you want a message?... Kill your local rapist [long pause] but torture him first... Then serve him to one of your enemies for dinner... I'll cook.
The love received is the love that is saved.
You know, [his voice trembling, hoarse, no more than a whisper] I always thought I'd go first. a
In rock & roll, I should be able to do whatever I want -- run around with a dildo on my head.
It's never good to be undecided. I'll give you a perfect example: the mullet. Do I want it short? Do I want it long? I just can't take a stand. I guess that explains why there are so many indecisive people in Canada. That's the only thing that looks bad about Canada these days.
At a July 22, 1998 Pearl Jam concert in Seattle's Memorial Stadium, Vedder said about the unusually beautiful weather, "I would thank God, but I don't believe in it."
Every time I see the Spice Girls, it makes me want to try to fly by climbing my roof and strapping bricks to my shoes.
I can remember vividly playing that song in a club in Hamburg on Jeff Ament's Birthday March 12, 1992. I think thats an interesting date because it's also the last time I took a shower. Keep grunge alive is my motto. Not the music, just the personal philosophy.
"There is this thing called a curfew and sometimes the fine can be a lot of money [crowd boos]... but we talked about it in the back... and the reason I am able to come out here and take my time is because Mike McCready agreed to pay the fine tonight. [crowd cheers]" - Eddie, Buffalo 5/2/03
It's the end of the world. It's happening right now... And I think we're okay with that.
"Is it okay if I speak in English?... It's hard for me to speak in Spanish when I'm drunk." - Eddie in Monterrey, Mexico, 12/07/05
Some people say I have a death wish. That's not true. I have a whole life wish.