Family Quote by Stone Gossard

When you're songwriting, it's like talking about your own life experience. When you're with a band, you have to compromise.

— Timothy B. Schmit

I'm the kind of person who, if I like one song, will listen to all of the band's work before moving on to another…

— Alexis Bledel

We're a band that really... It's important to us to write music and put it out there and to work together.

— John Petrucci

I think I'm just trying to show a more mature side of the band and I think we've really come into the sound of…

— Jason C. Miller

The music is in the lead here, and a large part of this, I have no idea what I'm doing. I feel a closer…

— Ben Harper

Our lives are intertwined. We have individual lives and this beautiful band that we started when we were so young. It holds such a…

— Luke Hemmings

I think what defines our band is really that, you know, we're just living our dream and making records that we love and having…

— Benji Madden

I always thought of myself as the piano player in the band. That, I suppose, I'm confident about, and I guess my songwriting developed…

— Billy Joel

Songwriting is a really fortunate skill to have to frame living and to find new ways to observe things you're going through.

— Feist

Our music is constantly evolving and changing, and when this band put out an album we always try to offer something different.

— Chad Gilbert

We're still evolving as a band. I think that's really important for a band to do, especially after being around for so many years.

— Jim Root

When you get married and have children, and you start having hits and success and your business starts growing, there's less and less time…

— Josh Turner