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> [Once you decide that it is the art that is important and not how popular and well received you are, you no longer have an albatross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-stills/once-you-decide-that-it-is-the-art-that-is-important-and-not-how/)

[Stephen Stills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-stills/)

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## More by Stephen Stills

> [God forbid if David Crosby gets sick again and I can't tour anymore, or something happens where I can't get around, what am I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-stills/god-forbid-if-david-crosby-gets-sick-again-and-i-can-t-tour-anymore/)

[Stephen Stills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-stills/)

> [Yeah; I'm a much better blues player than anybody knows, but being in the kind of group I'm in, we were always trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-stills/yeah-i-m-a-much-better-blues-player-than-anybody-knows-but-being-in/)

[Stephen Stills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-stills/)

> [I feel like I'm just learning how to play the guitar. I mean, really learning to play the guitar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-stills/i-feel-like-i-m-just-learning-how-to-play-the-guitar-i-mean-really/)

[Stephen Stills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-stills/)

> [Love the one you're with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-stills/love-the-one-you-re-with/)

[Stephen Stills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-stills/)

> [But it's as big as the promise, the promise of a coming day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-stills/but-it-s-as-big-as-the-promise-the-promise-of-a-coming-day/)

[Stephen Stills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-stills/)

> [I much prefer the road. My thing is getting live in front of people. There is a sterile environment to a studio that doesnt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-stills/i-much-prefer-the-road-my-thing-is-getting-live-in-front-of-people/)

[Stephen Stills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-stills/)

> [After about a year or so, I was in L.A.; I'd decided to try to get a band together out there](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-stills/after-about-a-year-or-so-i-was-in-l-a-i-d-decided-to-try-to-get-a/)

[Stephen Stills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-stills/)

> [Unlike President Obama, Mitt Romney has been inside the bubble all his life. He has no idea what's going on here. He has no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-stills/unlike-president-obama-mitt-romney-has-been-inside-the-bubble-all-his/)

[Stephen Stills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-stills/)

> [I remember that first week at the Whisky and the gigs we (The Buffalo Springfield) did with the Byrds, We could really smoke !…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-stills/i-remember-that-first-week-at-the-whisky-and-the-gigs-we-the-buffalo/)

[Stephen Stills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-stills/)

> [You slow down when you get older.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-stills/you-slow-down-when-you-get-older/)

[Stephen Stills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-stills/)

> [I have my ship, and all her flags are a-flying. She is all that I have left, and music is her name.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-stills/i-have-my-ship-and-all-her-flags-are-a-flying-she-is-all-that-i-have/)

[Stephen Stills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-stills/)

> [I got hooked into folk music by accident, because that's what white college kids liked when I was a child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-stills/i-got-hooked-into-folk-music-by-accident-because-that-s-what-white/)

[Stephen Stills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-stills/)

> [I don't set out to write a political song. I am not one of those that feels compelled to write about what's going on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-stills/i-don-t-set-out-to-write-a-political-song-i-am-not-one-of-those-that/)

[Stephen Stills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-stills/)

> [I've just built a studio in my mama's old bedroom, which I thought was fitting; she died last year. We've recorded nine songs recorded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-stills/i-ve-just-built-a-studio-in-my-mama-s-old-bedroom-which-i-thought-was/)

[Stephen Stills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-stills/)

> [I've learned you can't write on a computer on a bus. It jiggles too much, especially an Apple. The keyboard jiggles around too much,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-stills/i-ve-learned-you-can-t-write-on-a-computer-on-a-bus-it-jiggles-too/)

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