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 s…

- Stone Gossard

It's a very complex scenario, and certainly Dave was, and is, not the only person in Pearl Jam with personality flaws. Everybody in this band exhibit…

- Stone Gossard

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

- Stone Gossard

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

- Stone Gossard

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, o…

- Stone Gossard

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

- Stone Gossard

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

- Stone Gossard

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

- Stone Gossard

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

- Stone Gossard