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Stone Gossard

Profession : Musician

Birth : July 20, 1966

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

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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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Eddie is a natural leader. Jeff and I have been very much in control of previous bands we've worked in. But the way Eddie grew into being the leader of this band was the most gradual, slow and respectful process that I've ever been involved in.

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

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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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But Eddie does not make all the decisions. Eddie can listen to reason; Eddie can be swayed or talked in or out of certain things. Eddie allows other people to lead in this band and to have certain roles that are very fundamental to the decision-making process.

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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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There is a tendency for writers to be most exciting by whatever they just wrote. Sometimes that excitement is warranted. Sometimes on further listen it's not as good as something they did a couple of years ago, but it's just not in their sights at that particular time.

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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 love making music. I love being involved in arranging music. It's very natural to know what I want to hear next and come up with ideas that are variations of what might be good.

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You can say what you think music is, but the only way it really is, is how people experience it.

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I think when you put a new record out, everyone has a song or two that they feel people will be moved by so much that radio will be forced to play it.

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

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I like to write music. And I think exploring with lyrics and figuring out how to make complete songs is fun. I think I have a take on it. I don't know if it's great, but it's an interesting take. It's original.

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

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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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I think that's one of the biggest problems in rock is people thinking too much, putting too much emphasis on getting things perfect or completely sorted out. Sometimes that sound of not having everything sorted out is kind of cool.

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For the most part, I really love being in a collaborative thing. And in a collaborative thing if you have a singer as good as Sean Smith or Eddie Vedder, you kind of think, well, why don't you just go ahead and let them sing? People seem to really like it.

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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.

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