Eddie Vedder Quotes

It's not my personality to brag in any way or be pretentious. It's just not my nature.

I'm just a down-to-earth guy.

My family are very down-to-earth people. We are not showbizzy at all.

I'm a humble guy, I'm pretty down to earth.

I never build myself us. I let the people do that. I'm the most laid-back person, and I let them build me up. If you ask me, I say, 'I''m just a guy playin' some blues.

The able have no desire to appear to be so, and this is part of their ability.

Modest. When they meet me, they think I'm going to be outgoing, but I like things low-key. I don't like people to think I'm bragging.

You couldn't get less royal than me.

I am a different kind of celebrity; I don't have the big, giant house, the fancy cars, and all the designer stuff. I am just a girl from Cleveland.

I'm not boisterous. I just let the work speak for itself.

Even though I am an actor, by nature I am what you could call a homely girl.

I never really do anything show-off-y, I keep it humble.

Most people don't know that I'm down to earth until they meet me.

I don't know what people expect me to be like, but I'm very down-to-earth and not at all full of myself.

I am a humble person.

I'm into people that are not too full of themselves. Just regular.

There are no pretensions where I'm from.

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkward; and merit without modesty, insolent. But modest merit has a double claim to acceptance, and generally meets with as many patrons as beholders.

I have never wanted special attention. I was only willing to do what was asked of me and what seemed necessary at the time.

I didn't want to be big Mr. Ego walking around.

I am well aware that I am the 'umblest person going. . . . My mother is likewise a very 'umble person. We live in a 'umble abode.

I'm totally normal. I think it's obnoxious when people demand limos or bodyguards. I eat at McDonald's or Taco Bell. My parents always taught us to be humble. We're not spoiled.

I know, it's amazing, but I never feel like I have done anything. When people say that, it makes me uncomfortable because I'm not that kind of person. I just go out there and try to do my job.

Being humble is cooler than being famous.

I've never been the kind of guy to hype myself up. It's just not my thing.