Stone Gossard Quotes

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Stone Gossard

Profession : Musician

Birth : July 20, 1966

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.

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Parenthood and having kids puts you in touch with a whole other sort of sensitivity which is nothing but good. You feel more than you ever felt. You feel that vulnerability, but at the same time you wouldn't trade it for anything.

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You can't help but have your children and your family be part of what you dream about when you dream up a song.

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

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

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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.

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My daughter loves to do art stuff. As a father, I like to play with her. We break out the big pads of paper and the glitter and all the stuff. She likes to do what she likes to do. I want to do something, too. So I've just started using her same materials - a lot of crayons, a lot of sparkle, charcoal, pencils, markers and glue.

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

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A significant event for me was learning Hank Williams, reconnecting with his music's simplicity, which inspired me to inhabit the same territory. It's different, because I grew up on Led Zeppelin, The Stooges and punk, so in that sense I'm mutating country and folk more than a few degrees.

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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 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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When you're moved by music, that's always good.

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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.

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The past is filled with people who aren't traditionally thought of as fantastic singers singing these songs that capture people; songs like 'Louie Louie.' I just aim toward that, and I think I've gotten better at it.

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