I'm over smoking. You know, I feel like I've gone on long hikes and gotten to the top of the mountain and I'm looking at something beautiful, some great huge landscape, and there's some of the cleanest air that's on the planet. And then I light up, and say, "Ahh, what a great smoking moment this is!" So it's something evil that's taken over, and I want control over it.

I still think that with any candidate, whoever gets elected, there are going to be certain issues or platforms that those who feel strongly can work with him on. You can't be perfect. You can't be the perfect father. You can't be the perfect singer. You can't be the perfect president.

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.

I would thank God, but I don't believe in it.

Cannot find the comfort in this world.

I'm Eddie Vedder and I sing. I do.

Though some may think there should be a separation between art/music and politics, it should be reinforced that art can be a form of nonviolent protest.