Stone Gossard

I'm in a rock band - I don't have a day job! I am spoiled... a lot.

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I like rhythmic things that butt up against each other in a cool kind of way.

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I just know that I love to write songs, and I have for a long time.

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My methodology is not knowing what I'm doing and making that work for me.

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When you're moved by music, that's always good.

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It's a perfectly human instinct to want to be near water.

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I picked up a guitar, and I knew what I wanted to do.

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I really enjoy not getting in a car and running errands on bikes.

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I walked to Seward School first through fourth grade. It's just amazing to me now that we'd walk down 10th Avenue on…

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I learn stuff from making music every time I go in the studio. I'm continuing to try to find new ways to…

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Right, those relationships with your parents and family are the hardest to figure out, and the same patterns get carried into a…

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We’re super fortunate in Pearl Jam to have such loyal fans...who really want to come & see us play.

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It would be great to take one city street and turn it into a pedestrian corridor and see what kind of effect…

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If you have a lot of nature in your city, it becomes a more enjoyable place. That's my own feeling about it.

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It may take me a long time before I feel 'ready' to tour as a lead singer. I may never be ready...…

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I love making music. I love being involved in arranging music. It's very natural to know what I want to hear next…

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And I remember as a second or third grader having some autonomy to go to the store if I felt like it,…

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My daughter loves to do art stuff. As a father, I like to play with her. We break out the big pads…

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Parenthood and having kids puts you in touch with a whole other sort of sensitivity which is nothing but good. You feel…

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Call it holistic or holographic thinking, it's been quite effective imagining the world's problems are all right in front of you on…

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The focus of my playing is the groove, and every time I find a new rhythm, I find I can write a…

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I think if you exercise, your state of mind - my state of mind - is usually more at ease, ready for…

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There is a tendency for writers to be most exciting by whatever they just wrote. Sometimes that excitement is warranted. Sometimes on…

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Eddie is a natural leader. Jeff and I have been very much in control of previous bands we've worked in. But the…

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As a songwriter, it's kind of hard to listen to your own stuff with clarity.

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Dave played an important part in our growing, but change occurs.

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I think people will always love a heavy Sabbath riff because it's fundamental to rock.

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Words can have the same kind of magic as riffs can.

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Well, you go to Holland and everybody's on a bike - nobody would think to have a car.

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On some planet, I probably could have been a lawyer. On some planet, I could have been somebody in advertising.

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I'm probably at my least religious I've ever been in a while. When you're moved by music, that's always good. But I…

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You know, at 35 or at 38 or 40 you really start to see what your body could look like if you…

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A lot of fun stuff happens when you go out on a bike compared to when you're in a car. You're more…

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We may take breaks and do other things, but we feel we'll ultimately have Pearl Jam as a family.

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You can say what you think music is, but the only way it really is, is how people experience it.

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And I look forward to the time when I can become more indulgent with my songwriting. But this band is a family,…

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I've always related music to those moments when someone turns you loose on something and they haven't told you how to do…

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I like to play music. I like projects. I like excuses to hang out with my friends and play music.

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Every year is filled with good times and fights and struggles and misunderstandings. All of it adds up to being in a…

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You can't help but have your children and your family be part of what you dream about when you dream up a…

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