Quotes by Eddie Vedder
The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself.
War hurts. It hurts no matter which sides the bombs are falling on.
Darkness comes in waves...tell me, why invite it to stay?
I'll ride the wave, where it takes me!
I knew all the rules but the rules did not know me.
The sorrow grows bigger when the sorrow's denied.
I know I was born and I know that I'll die...The in between is mine.
Music saved me; I mean, my upbringing was like a hurricane, and music was the tree I held onto.
It's the ones without scars - those are the people you have to watch out for.
Life moves fast. As much as you can learn from your history, you have to move forward.
Music's at its best when it has a purpose.
It's an art to live with pain... mix the light into gray.
I think music is the greatest art form that exists, and I think people listen to music for different reasons, and it serves different purposes. Some of it is background music, and some of it is things that might affect a person's day, if not their life, or change an attitude. The best songs are the ones that make you feel something.
I'm optimistic yet disillusioned, hopeful yet frustrated.
It's saying, just stop, and be together. Don't talk now, just breathe and feel each other's presence.
It's a mystery to me;We have a greed, with which we have agreed.You think you have to want more than you need.Until you have it all, you won't be free.
He who forgets will be destined to remember.
The smallest oceans still make big big waves.
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.