Eddie Vedder Quotes

There must have been something in my nature - I believe, with all my heart, that I have conquered it now - which prevented me from being perfectly happy or making a woman perfectly happy.

I've done a lot of things and I've been a lot of people, but now I've come to realize who I am.

It's ironic, but until you can free those final monsters within the jungle of yourself, your life, your soul is up for grabs.

I haven't changed much, over the years. I use less adjectives, now, and have a kinder heart, perhaps.

When I was in my 20s, I thought I knew who I was. And then as soon as I turned 30, I realized that person has bruises and bumps and dark parts. And you kind of go, well, that's it. I'd rather embrace it than force myself to change.

It took a long time, and a lot of years, for me to get comfortable with myself, like the way I am now.

I was crazy. And I was too much of a diva. I'm glad I'm not like that anymore.

I act like a kid, and I feel like I need to grow up a little bit. A little bit. Not too much.

I had to learn some hard lessons in my early days because I was a bit of a showman, a kind of Jekyl and Hyde character.

Maybe certain aspects of what I was doing were reacting against what was happening or what people said, too. That's something that happens when you're starting out. After some time goes by and you get a little perspective, you realize that you don't need to react. You can just carry on with what you're doing. That took me a long time figure out; I've only gotten to that point in the last five or 10 years.

You actually do confront your dark side, your impulses, or your feelings of sibling rivalry in Cinderella or whatever. You admit that they exist and then you work through them and conquer them and come out living happily ever after having learned something. That's one reason why the fairy tales keep having traction and meaning.

I want to try to not be the child that had to go through too much too young. I want to be who I am now and not who I was then.

It is well we cannot see into the future. There are few boys of fourteen who would not feel ashamed of themselves at forty.

You become more and more charged with your life and with a life that you're observing. When I was younger, I was actually looking forward to getting older, to have more insight, more understanding. I'm much more tolerant with others and with myself. I'm not in rebellion all the time, I'm not angry so much. But all those feelings are really useful [when you're young] because they fire us, as long as they don't get out of control.

The second you stop questioning yourself is the second that you become the monster. -Merry

I felt I grew up when I was about 28. I feel pretty much the same. I get reminded when I look in mirrors that I am not. Hopefully, you keep growing and keep planning things as you go along.

At some point I got sick of people calling me Bonzo junior. But now that I'm older and wiser, I'm just honored to be mentioned in the same breath.

But I had a strong reaction to my first three albums and I struggle with them now, as an adult. It's very much the same as looking at your teenage photos in high school.

I think I've grown over the years and learned about who I am and what I can do and what I can't do.

I guess you could say I have grown up, matured. I have seen a lot, and I guess that probably sums it up.

This isn't the same Johnny Gargano that is going to overreact to things and let his emotions get the best of him. In 2019, I'm a little calmer and more collected.

I can't just suddenly become 'Little Peace and Love Jair'... I've got to carry on being the same person.

I did a lot of struggling with my identity trying to figure out who the heck I was. I had to face my demons.

When I was younger, I was angry. I was boisterous and loud. I was on top of the mountain, screaming at everybody, 'Look at me!' Now I'm more of a Taoist.

It's crazy what can happen in a decade and how much you can grow as a person and as a woman and truly find your voice.