Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills
Stephen Arthur Stillsis an American musician and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth3 January 1945
CityDallas, TX
CountryUnited States of America
drunk littles tunes
Sometimes I get a little drunk, sometimes I get a little out of it, sometimes I get out of tune onstage, but that's something that shouldn't be dissected
music rolling band
I remember that first week at the Whisky and the gigs we (The Buffalo Springfield) did with the Byrds, We could really smoke ! That band never got on record as bad, and as hard as we were. Live we sounded like the Rolling Stones...
music wall names
Neil Young and Barry Friedman had stolen a Buffalo Springfield sign off the steamroller for Barrys house. They put it up. We all looked at it on the wall and a light went off. That's how we came up with the name
player turns
There were times I thought I was going to turn to the blues, but then I'd hear better blues players.
butterfly social social-service
David knew everyone because he's such a social butterfly.
years trying together
After about a year or so, I was in L.A.; I'd decided to try to get a band together out there
latin school years
I spent my last year of high school in Latin America, and there's a edge of salsa under all of my rhythms
call home moved names orleans remember streets
We moved around so much when I was a kid, the place I call home is New Orleans because at least I can remember the names of some of the streets there.
bubble eight life mitt romney unlike
Unlike President Obama, Mitt Romney has been inside the bubble all his life. He has no idea what's going on here. He has no idea how destructive Bush's eight years were to this country.
confuse held love people
I love Obama's calm and dignity. A lot of people confuse that with being aloof, but I know people that have held that job. It's a 24-hour barrage of information.
american-musician built chipping died nine recorded songs sort studio
I've just built a studio in my mama's old bedroom, which I thought was fitting; she died last year. We've recorded nine songs recorded in there already; we're sort of just chipping away.
detest instrument people pick themselves
I detest talking about myself. There is a reason why people pick up an instrument and put it between themselves and the rest of the world.
feels
I don't set out to write a political song. I am not one of those that feels compelled to write about what's going on.
banks bush businesses creeping driven ground keeping lending people policies shoulders sticking
After getting driven into the ground by the policies of the Bush administration, the economy is creeping up. It's doing that because people are sticking their shoulders to the wheel. Community banks are doing a lot of lending to small businesses and keeping them going.