Stone Gossard Quotes
I learn stuff from making music every time I go in the studio. I'm continuing to try to find new ways to play in a song or be in a song and have a positive impact on a song.
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Words can have the same kind of magic as riffs can.
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I just know that I love to write songs, and I have for a long time.
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I think I have my own sort of distinctive swing, for sure. I think that's something that comes really natural to me, to push against the beat and kind of explore a triplet feel behind everything just to see what that feels like.
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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 bunch of new songs. Learning how to dance, or drum, or to swing my body in a new way is the fundamental way I find a new riff. Because when you learn to swing your body in a new way, you begin to swing with your instrument differently.
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I like rhythmic things that butt up against each other in a cool kind of way.
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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 it has on the businesses in that area - It's the future I think.
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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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I like to play music. I like projects. I like excuses to hang out with my friends and play music.
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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 a smaller scale with your band. You deal with those relationships, and that's where real major change begins.
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It's really comforting for me and Jeff, at least, that after 12 years we finally feel we've reached a place where we can be more honest, real and loving with each other. And we're finally in a band that we know is good, and deserves the credit it's getting.
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My methodology is not knowing what I'm doing and making that work for me.
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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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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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I think people will always love a heavy Sabbath riff because it's fundamental to rock.
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I liked the banana-seat bikes with the high handlebars - maybe a card in the wheel could have been part of it.
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That's not to say Eddie's never done anything malicious. But he never grabbed power for power's sake. His position was gained only because he has that energy, and that's naturally where he ended up.
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I think it's evident that expensive neighborhoods in Seattle are surrounded by natural beauty. That elevates city life. So if we can make cities more attractive in the long run, we can be smarter about issues like development, zoning and economics.
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I've seen neighborhoods that I would have never driven though because I'm riding my bike, because I'm looking for side roads, looking for maybe more hills or less hills depending if I'm exercising or not. You see a lot more, and you get the flow of a city a lot more.
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I really enjoy not getting in a car and running errands on bikes.
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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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I think if you exercise, your state of mind - my state of mind - is usually more at ease, ready for more mental challenges. Once I get the physical stuff out of the way it always seems like I have more calmness and better self-esteem.
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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 band situation.
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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 in the environment. It's enjoyable. Even when It's raining It's still fun.
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I like myself. I think I'm cool. But I think when you're in a band you take on a role within the band, and I think people over the course of years can identify those roles as almost being bigger than just the individual. I don't know. It's kind of hard to talk about.