Top 100 Eddie Vedder Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “I knew all the rules but the rules did not know me.”

— Eddie Vedder

2. “Society, you’re a crazy breed.”

— Eddie Vedder

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3. “I’ll ride the wave, where it takes me!”

— Eddie Vedder

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4. “The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself.”

— Eddie Vedder

5. “The smallest oceans still make big big waves.”

— Eddie Vedder

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6. “Life moves fast. As much as you can learn from your history, you have to move forward.”

— Eddie Vedder

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7. “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.”

— Eddie Vedder

8. “War doesn’t determine who’s right, it determines who’s left.”

— Eddie Vedder

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9. “Leave it to me as I find a way to be Consider me a satellite, forever orbiting I knew all the rules, but the rules did not know me Guaranteed.”

— Eddie Vedder

10. “I’m optimistic yet disillusioned, hopeful yet frustrated.”

— Eddie Vedder

11. “I don’t trust nobody, especially when they say something good.”

— Eddie Vedder

12. “I believe in the power of music. To me, it isn’t just a fad. This is a positive thing.”

— Eddie Vedder

13. “Sure as I am breathing, sure as I’m sad I’ll keep this wisdom in my flesh I leave here believing more than I had This love has got no ceiling.”

— Eddie Vedder

14. “Wind in my hair, I feel part of everywhere Underneath my being is a road that disappeared Late at night I hear the trees, they’re singing with the dead Overhead...”

— Eddie Vedder

15. “The sorrow grows bigger when the sorrow’s denied.”

— Eddie Vedder

16. “It’s saying, just stop, and be together. Don’t talk now, just breathe and feel each other’s presence...”

— Eddie Vedder

17. “The love received is the love that is saved.”

— Eddie Vedder

18. “I don’t need drugs to make my life tragic.”

— Eddie Vedder

19. “Caffeine. The gateway drug.”

— Eddie Vedder

20. “If you’re anti-war it doesn’t mean you are ‘Pro’ one side or the other in a conflict. However, it does make you ‘Pro’ many thingsPro-Peace, Pro-Human, Pro-Evolution, it makes you Pro-Communication, Pro-Diplomacy, Pro-Love, Pro-Understanding, Pro-Forgiveness.”

— Eddie Vedder

21. “It’s the ones without scars – those are the people you have to watch out for...”

— Eddie Vedder

22. “You kill yourself and you make a big old sacrifice and try to get your revenge. That all you’re gonna end up with is a paragraph in a newspaper. In the end, it does nothing. Nothing changes. The world goes on and you’re gone. The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself.”

— Eddie Vedder

23. “Dream the dreams of other men, you’ll be no ones rival.”

— Eddie Vedder

24. “Music’s at its best when it has a purpose.”

— Eddie Vedder

25. “This is still a young man’s game, so we have to stay young. Music allows you to do that, especially rock’n’roll.”

— Eddie Vedder

26. “I’ve got my indignation but I’m pure in all my thoughts.”

— Eddie Vedder

27. “Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It’s real easy to fall.”

— Eddie Vedder

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28. “I remember back in 1994 when the Eagles charged more than $100 for tickets. They said, ‘We ain’t Pearl Jam.’ That’s back when records were selling and the Eagles had sold just about as many as anyone on the planet. And years later we’re still charging less than them.”

— Eddie Vedder

29. “I’ve never been a calm, midrange type person.”

— Eddie Vedder

30. “I don’t question our exsistence, I just question our modern needs.”

— Eddie Vedder

31. “I’m not having to show off or make a point about how good I am at doing something. I think I’ve always kind of been that way.”

— Eddie Vedder

32. “Music saved me; I mean, my upbringing was like a hurricane, and music was the tree I held onto.”

— Eddie Vedder

33. “War hurts. It hurts no matter which sides the bombs are falling on.”

— Eddie Vedder

34. “If people don’t like what I’m doing I really don’t have time to hear it. I’m doing something good with my life and I challenge them to do the same.”

— Eddie Vedder

35. “Worship the music, not the musicians.”

— Eddie Vedder

36. “I’m Eddie Vedder and I sing. I do.”

— Eddie Vedder

37. “At 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 Vedder

38. “I’m trying to break any chain of negative parenting that I might have survived.”

— Eddie Vedder

39. “Singing someone else’s songs is like keeping your clothes on.”

— Eddie Vedder

40. “If he can’t sleep, how will he ever dream?”

— Eddie Vedder

41. “You feel that no matter what’s said in the music or how pointed it may get, the most you can wish for is that it plants a few seeds.”

— Eddie Vedder

42. “Cannot find the comfort in this world.”

— Eddie Vedder

43. “I’m probably never happier than when I’m by myself in the water. What I’ve worked and sacrificed for is not to be on stage playing music but to surf in some secluded place. It’s a grounding element. Waves don’t care who you are.”

— Eddie Vedder

44. “I don’t wanna think, I wanna FEEL.”

— Eddie Vedder

45. “It’s not a bad time to be me.”

— Eddie Vedder

46. “Are you woman enough to be my man?”

— Eddie Vedder

47. “Sorry is the fool who trades his soul for a corvette Thinks he’ll get the girl he’ll only get the mechanic.”

— Eddie Vedder

48. “Do you force your kids to pay attention to what’s going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.”

— Eddie Vedder

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49. “It seems like a necessary balance to life, being part of the community.”

— Eddie Vedder

50. “I don’t know how people do it these days – paparazzi and that kind of thing. That’s something I can’t even imagine.”

— Eddie Vedder