Eddie Vedder Quotes

Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.

If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.

When you meet someone with a vision, you have to give them a shot and an opportunity to see what they can do.

Does anybody think Steve Jobs should not be in the 1 percent? He made life better for the 99 percent of the rest of us. You want to create opportunities for people with their unique gifts.

When I wake up in the morning, and I go to the piano, and there's a blank sheet of paper in front of me, by the end of the day, that could be a gold mine. You really do need to wake up and expect that the world is your oyster because it very well may be.

Necessity, n. The mother of invention. Profit is the father.

When you have a good idea, the money flows.

Turning nothing into a business is cool.

In my way of thinking, the world was my oyster, and there were thousands of products that could be developed.

There's so much in the world that has already been done, but there are plenty of things left for people who want to go get it.

If you do something for fun and create the best possible product, then the profit will come.

A strong imagination begetteth opportunity.

Business fascinates me. It's very creative.

The man who puts life into an idea is acclaimed a genius, because he does the right thing at the right time. Therein lies the difference between the genius and a commonplace man.

If you feel driven and compelled to make your work and to be fiercely original and have something unique to say, in a compelling way, then chances are the helpers will be there for you the doors will open some, the ice will crack.

When I'm not performing? I'm looking for the next big thing.

A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.

I'm a songwriter; that's where it starts. I love writing with someone that shares that same feeling of accomplishment. I'll play music for my fans as long as they'll listen, but I fancy myself as a writer first.

The collective energy of everyone is what really made Business 2.0 exciting.

David Lee Roth had the idea that if you covered a successful song, you were half way home. C'mon - Van Halen doing 'Dancing in the Streets'? It was stupid. I started feeling like I would rather bomb playing my own songs than be successful playing someone else's music.

Innovation comes to you from creators who do have a vision and a passion, and that is how we succeeded.

If you have ideas, you have the main asset you need, and there isn't any limit to what you can do with your business and your life. Ideas are any man's greatest asset.

A good idea is about ten percent and implementation and hard work, and luck is 90 percent.

Do what you love, and you will find the way to get it out to the world.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.