Stone Gossard
Stone Gossard
Stone Carpenter Gossardis an American musician who serves as the rhythm and additional lead guitarist for the American rock band Pearl Jam. Along with Jeff Ament, Mike McCready, and Eddie Vedder, he is one of the founding members of Pearl Jam. Gossard is also known for his work prior to Pearl Jam with the 1980s Seattle, Washington-based grunge bands Green River and Mother Love Bone, and he has made contributions to the music industry as a producer and owner of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth20 July 1966
CountryUnited States of America
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.
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.
It's a perfectly human instinct to want to be near water.
Raising awareness, changing the marketplace, effecting spiritual change - whatever it is that you decide is your thing, go for it.
Right, those relationships with your parents and family are the hardest to figure out, and the same patterns get carried into a band situation.
If you have a lot of nature in your city, it becomes a more enjoyable place. That's my own feeling about it.
I really enjoy not getting in a car and running errands on bikes.
Dave played an important part in our growing, but change occurs.
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.
I like rhythmic things that butt up against each other in a cool kind of way.
I liked the banana-seat bikes with the high handlebars - maybe a card in the wheel could have been part of it.
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.
You know, at 35 or at 38 or 40 you really start to see what your body could look like if you just don't do anything all winter long. So that's another motivating factor, our vanity.
That's not to say Eddie's never done anything malicious. But he never grabbed power for power's sake. His position was gained only because he has that energy, and that's naturally where he ended up.