Eddie Vedder poignantly addressed the death of Chris Cornell during a concert in London Tuesday. A transcript of the musician’s remarks appeared on the Pearl Jam message board.

Two days after Cornell’s death, Vedder said he woke up in the middle of the night, his head filled with memories. “I couldn’t stop the memories,” he said. “And trying to sleep it was like if the neighbors had the music playing and you couldn’t stop it. But then it was fine because then it got into little memories. It just kept going and going and going. And I realized how lucky I was to have hours worth of … you know, if each of these memories was quick and I had hours of them. How fortunate was I? And I didn’t want to be sad, wanted to be grateful not sad. I’m still thinking about those memories and I will live with those memories in my heart and I will love him forever.”

Read the rest of Eddie’s tribute to his “older brother” here.

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