Our job is not to make records that people like. Our job is to make the music that makes us feel proud. I’ve been pondering your questions: Is there something I’m missing here? Am I supposed to be thinking about what other people are thinking? Because with songwriting it’s almost like you can’t think about it in order to let it happen. Getting to some authenticity or relaying some experience — it’s about getting out of the way.
Eddie Vedder, from a New York Times interview, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/01/31/magazine/eddie-vedder-interview.html
art quote – vedder 2.10.2022
Rachel Imsland, Artist 