Eddie Vedder Quotes

People who are qualified are symphonic orchestra players and jazz musicians; they're qualified to do what they do. Rock stars are lucky. It's a combination of right time, right place and having certain genes or a gimmick or whatever, but it's really not anything more than sugar. It tastes good and goes away fast.

I'm a good example of someone who can come to Hollywood and keep their feet on the ground with all the rock stars, all the drama that goes with being here. It's still important to pump your own gas and to be able to vacuum.

I've been & am absurdly over-estimated. There are no supermen & I'm quite ordinary, & will say so whatever the artistic results. In that point I'm one of the few people who tell the truth about myself.

I know I'm not the kind of music that's going to have tons of screaming fans, and I'm not gonna be everyone's cup of tea. I just want to do as good a job as I can.

There are some people who are just plain great at making music. That's not who I am.

I don't feel like we have that Paul McCartney gene, and I think the cool thing about us is that we know it.

We can make ourselves whole only by accepting our partiality, by living within our limits, by being humans not by trying to be gods.

I love music, and I can play a little. But anyone can see the difference between someone who's talented and someone that's not.

I don't try to be clever at all. The idea that I could see what no one else can is an illusion.

I'm not a movie star and I know that.

There's one piece of advice my dad gave me when he dropped me off at college. He said, "You've got the talent. You can sing and play guitar. That doesn't make you any better than anyone else.".

Yes, I will try to be. Because I believe that not being is arrogant.

I want to be aware of how I treat others, not thinking too highly of myself to be a servant in a culture which tries to place me on a throne that only God should sit.

Study and know that we are always a student of the craft well after we've completed any course of study... and approach the work as a servant, not a star.

I haven't exactly grown wings or anything. I'm happy with how I have been playing so far this week, but my feet are firmly on the ground. I haven't cured cancer or anything.

We can't all be stars; we can't all be leaders. We are all God's creatures, living life, and we have that God light in us and we're supposed to let it shine. And not everybody wants to be like me and stick their neck out to get up on stage and perform. There are those like me, but there are also those that are of a shyer nature. And they're smarter than most of us that are out there showing our asses.

I try to do as much as I can. I probably knew more about Earl Mills than anybody on earth besides people who actually knew him.

I try to steer away from high metaphysical belief because I think we humans do best when we realize that we don't know all that much.

Perfection in wisdom, as well as in integrity, is neither required nor expected in these agents (public servants). It belongs not to man. The wise know too well their weaknesses to assume infallibility; and he who knows most, knows best how little he knows.

You can't compete with Sweets' sound and time feel. It's impossible.

Do not try to be humble: learn humility.

I don't think I have grand visions that I will never achieve.

I would rather have an inferiority complex and be pleasantly surprised, than have a superiority complex and be rudely awakened.

Wisdom lies in understanding our limitations.

I will never reach perfection.