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Eddie Vedder

Music was your real passion, this thing you held dear even above family. It was this relationship that never betrayed you. Once it became your job - this thing that was highly visible, this thing that became about commerce - that's when you were holding o

Eddie Vedder

Family

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The speaker is saying that music was more important to you than even your family because it was a pure and trustworthy connection. However, when music turned into a career focused on money and public attention, it lost that genuine, personal value.

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