Stone Gossard Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

I liked the banana-seat bikes with the high handlebars - maybe a card in the wheel could have been part of it.

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

Politics is tricky; it cuts both ways. Every time you make a choice, it has unintended consequences.

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.

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

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

It may take me a long time before I feel 'ready' to tour as a lead singer. I may never be ready... we'll just have to see.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

You know, at 35 or at 38 or 40 you really start to see what your body could look like if you just don't do anything all winter long. So that's another motivating factor, our vanity.

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.

Raising awareness, changing the marketplace, effecting spiritual change - whatever it is that you decide is your thing, go for it.