Eddie Vedder
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IAN MACKAYE PETE TOWNSHEND I mean, no offense, but I don't really see why, like guitar players from Creed, or something lik... DWEEZIL ZAPPA JACK NICKLAUS And my daddy could play a harmonica and also the guitar, so I guess I got a little bit from both of ... MEL TILLIS GARY CLARK, JR. ADRIAN BELEW My dad played guitar, and he taught me enough to play some Beatles' songs. But primarily, I was ... K. FLAY JOE PERRY I can't play my songs on the smaller harp. I have a Celtic harp. I can't do the key changes. JOANNA NEWSOM DAVE NAVARRO Ted Williams is one of the best hitters ever to play the game, and I didn't get a chance to see ... TONY GWYNN BILLY CORGAN TOBY KEITH JEFF BUCKLEY GUY FIERI I play the guitar. This year at the Sundance film festival, I joined the band from 'The Guitar&#... SAFFRON BURROWS I was just learning to play guitar when Tracy Chapman came out. She wrote these songs, she played th... MADELEINE PEYROUX I think I write very good songs. But I don't know if anybody could record my songs with as much ... ART ALEXAKIS CALEB LANDRY JONES The first guitar player I saw putting on a show was Guitar Slim - I must've been 13 years old - he c... BUDDY GUY I just always wrote songs as a side hobby. So it was sort of a natural thing to write comedy songs. ... KYLE DUNNIGAN IAN ANDERSON ACE FREHLEY The two saddest moments of my life were when my mother died and when I was told I couldn't play ... ART DONOVAN My guitar playing has not developed as much as I think it could because I never practice. I only pla... JULIANA HATFIELD The first person who showed me that I could be a maker of music was one of my best friends. It's... CAM With Zeppelin, I tried to play something different every night in my solos. I'd play for 20 minu... JOHN BONHAM LISA LOEB DAVID EDWARDS MARILYN MONROE TILDA SWINTON DEBASISH MRIDHA When I was a kid, man, my dad used to buy me the Ted Williams glove at Sears with the Ted Williams s... TONY GWYNN I love to play guitar and hack around. I was in a band when I was in high school. I never learned to... JOHN F. KERRY ALEX TURNER Here I was, this good guy that played football; I was gonna go play in college but I had a bad senio... BOB LIVINGSTON EDDIE VAN HALEN ED SHEERAN AVRIL LAVIGNE BOBBY ORR When I play on grass, my body doesn't ache. It can get sore, but it doesn't pulse, and my le... ALEX MORGAN ZOOEY DESCHANEL All I ever wanted to do was get a great job on a TV show. When I read 'Modern Family' and st... ERIC STONESTREET I got really, really sick with a spinal infection that put me in a hospital for a couple of months, ... ROBERT HUNTER TIPPER GORE BILL MURRAY I didn't like how my NBA career ended because I wanted to go out on my own terms. But nobody tri... TIM HARDAWAY GEORGE LOPEZ My hair grows into a fuzz ball - I just wanted it to grow downwards rather than outwards - but then ... HOZIER You can batter your guitar, and it won't distort too much, which is important for me because I p... JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW YAEL NAIM ERIC CLAPTON KAITLYN DEVER CHRIS CORNELL FRAN LEBOWITZ Growing up, when I was at live shows, I was always hoping someone would come out on stage and say, &... JAMES BAY Even writing verses from my first album, there were songs that I didn't use because I just felt ... FLEUR EAST When I started writing music on the guitar, it started off very folky because of my limited ability ... KIESZA In my mind, I really wanted to play, but my ankle was really bothering me. I took some painkillers a... HARDING NANA You get on the radio by writing your own songs. But we had the dilemma of not being able to play any... WAYNE KRAMER CHERRY JONES DAVID MORSE But we will play 6, 7 new songs each evening, approximately a third in the concert. I think it's... ED O'BRIEN HUNTER HAYES DARREN CRISS JULES SHEAR We would make songs, and the producers said we should play it for my dad. I was kind of scared, I di... LIL' ROMEO ZOE KAZAN Every time I listen back to solos of mine I'll hear something I like and then another phrase tha... JOHN ABERCROMBIE So when I got to be about 13 or 14, I started listening - even though my parents music was way cool ... SLASH I don't do filler songs. I don't get them. They don't make any sense to me. Why would I ... BETTY WHO When I have downtime, music is a big part of my life. Not so much singing, but I play the guitar. KJ APA I figured I could play it strong with my position, AMIR VAHEDI
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Fortunately, he was able to breathe because the dirt only went up ... DENISE VEDDER The commonwealth is confused as to who committed this offense. They are unsure who the shooter was. ... WENTWORTH VEDDER It's our position that the settlement says we have to open the roads concurrently. And, we would hav... DENISE VEDDER The reason for the grand opening is to let the community know that the park is open, to give us the ... DENISE VEDDER The sun just came out, and so have the people. DENISE VEDDER People talk about perfect timing, but I think everything is perfect in its moment; you just want to ... EDDIE HUANG EDDIE REDMAYNE Black Sabbath invented heavy metal, in my opinion. EDDIE TRUNK EDDIE REDMAYNE Guys like Howard Stern, Bill O'Reilly, Jim Rome, Bill Maher, those are the guys I love and respe... EDDIE TRUNK I still love radio, but TV is also an awesome platform. EDDIE TRUNK I've had the privilege of meeting and/or interviewing most of the top metal and hard rock artist... EDDIE TRUNK I want to be the Letterman of metal. I want five nights a week, Monday to Friday, 11 to 12, live. I ... EDDIE TRUNK My books are personal: I'm not saying they're the Bible of music. EDDIE TRUNK I'm completely open about the fact that I don't love every genre of metal. I like what I lik... EDDIE TRUNK I am so appreciative of all the attention I've gotten, especially since I don't ever conside... EDDIE TRUNK When I was a kid just starting out on the radio, I would always watch people. And I'd see the in... EDDIE TRUNK I have never said anything critical about Ozzy that he didn't say about himself many times. EDDIE TRUNK Jon Bon Jovi is remarkable. EDDIE TRUNK It's hard for people to realize now, but my gosh, when I was in school, you could not name a gro... EDDIE TRUNK One of the things I've done on my shows is tell stories and do interviews. EDDIE TRUNK People sometimes tell me that I don't talk or act or look like a metal fan. Well, what does a me... EDDIE TRUNK I've known Bret Michaels forever. EDDIE TRUNK I truly believe that you have to bring more content to the table to survive in radio than saying, &#... EDDIE TRUNK One thing I've learned, and I don't really blame anybody for this: most people who have a lo... EDDIE TRUNK I've been urged by people forever to try and start a real Rock Hall of Fame. I've had some v... EDDIE TRUNK The biggest compliments I've heard about 'That Metal Show' are the ones from people that... EDDIE TRUNK VH1 Classic is the destination for people who would be interested in a music talk show. EDDIE TRUNK How do you possibly say that a cover band is better than the band that created and wrote the materia... EDDIE TRUNK One thing people would be surprised about is that although hard rock and heavy metal are without que... EDDIE TRUNK The power chords in 'Come Sail Away' were super heavy to me as a kid. Metal? No. Hard rock? ... EDDIE TRUNK People tell me all the time I should stop and smell the roses, but I can't. I'm always think... EDDIE TRUNK Hard rock for me is AC/DC, Def Leppard, Tesla, Kiss. Metal tends to be louder, ruder, darker, like J... EDDIE TRUNK Metal never goes away. It drifts in and out, but the true fans are always there for it. EDDIE TRUNK They're not shooting me for deserting the United Stated Army - thousands of guys have done that.... EDDIE SLOVIK I'm sorry I didn't go to jail for six months, then I know you could come to see me anytime y... EDDIE SLOVIK I think I'm going to have a lot of trouble. EDDIE SLOVIK Army life don't agree with me. EDDIE SLOVIK The only luck I had in my life was when I married you. I knew it wouldn't last because I was too... EDDIE SLOVIK I've made up my mind. I'll take my court martial. EDDIE SLOVIK I am in the infantry for 17 weeks and after that I don't know where I am going. EDDIE SLOVIK Everything happens to me. I've never had a streak of luck in my life. 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EDDIE PLANK You're either with me or you're not. And if you're not, you're out. EDDIE PEREZ At 21 years old, I could produce 400 people like that. EDDIE PEREZ Ninety percent of the people I grew up with didn't succeed. EDDIE PEREZ My energy level has not changed. EDDIE PEREZ A lapse in judgment is not a crime. EDDIE PEREZ Pouring concrete on land you don't own is called a calculated risk, if you don't pour you lo... EDDIE PEREZ If you haven't understood the world you're living in, it's impossible to think that the ... EDDIE OBENG We solve last year's problems without thinking about the future. EDDIE OBENG We spend our time responding rationally to a world which we understand and recognize, but which no l... EDDIE OBENG In the 21st century, somebody or something has changed the rules about how our world works. EDDIE OBENG I don't wish I did anything differently. The most important thing to me was to play baseball. EDDIE MURRAY And I tell you that's one of the reasons why I didn't have the friendships with the media, m... EDDIE MURRAY And like I said, I appreciate my older brothers because they would not allow me to win. They made me... EDDIE MURRAY I'm now the hitting the instructor with the Cleveland Indians. EDDIE MURRAY I'm proud to be here as a man that has played first base more than anybody in the game of baseba... EDDIE MURRAY It makes you feel at home when you can talk to somebody and really talk about anything. EDDIE MURRAY Today I join the greatest players that played the game. It is a great feeling being here. EDDIE MURRAY Baseball is a team game. EDDIE MURRAY No one was more important than my mom and dad. I know they are watching from a place up in heaven he... EDDIE MURRAY When I signed a contract, I was here to play 162 games. EDDIE MURRAY And, you know, you try and preach to them there's more to this game than just walking up to home... EDDIE MURRAY For me, baseball is about, again, the team winning. EDDIE MURRAY I learned life from some good teachers. EDDIE MURRAY When Ted Williams was here, inducted into the Hall of Fame 37 years ago, he said he must have earned... EDDIE MURRAY You win as a team, you lose as a team, you also do so many things together. EDDIE MURRAY EDDIE MURPHY EDDIE MURPHY EDDIE MURPHY EDDIE MURPHY EDDIE MURPHY EDDIE MURPHY
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