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.
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
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
I just know that I love to write songs, and I have for a long time. - Stone Gossard
I just know that I love to write songs, and I have for a long time.
My methodology is not knowing what I'm doing and making that work for me. - Stone Gossard
My methodology is not knowing what I'm doing and making that work for me.
We may take breaks and do other things, but we feel we'll ultimately have Pearl Jam as a family. - Stone Gossard
We may take breaks and do other things, but we feel we'll ultimately have Pearl Jam as a family.
Well, you go to Holland and everybody's on a bike - nobody would think to have a car. - Stone Gossard
Well, you go to Holland and everybody's on a bike - nobody would think to have a car.
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… - Stone Gossard
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…
Politics is tricky; it cuts both ways. Every time you make a choice, it has unintended consequences. - Stone Gossard
Politics is tricky; it cuts both ways. Every time you make a choice, it has unintended consequences.
It's a perfectly human instinct to want to be near water. - Stone Gossard
It's a perfectly human instinct to want to be near water.
Words can have the same kind of magic as riffs can. - Stone Gossard
Words can have the same kind of magic as riffs can.
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