Stone Gossard Quotes

I'm just sort of making it up as I go along.

In my work, I have never had any use for anything that I have known in advance.

I'm always surprised at what I actually end up doing because I don't have a strategy or a game plan, especially now that I'm making my own choices.

Part of being innovative in government is sometimes not trying to plot out the last chapter of the book, but to be open and see what comes back.

We must improvise, and we must experiment, and we must do things that might go wrong, and everything we bring - the people and the equipment - must serve us in that goal.

I really like to experiment. That's the only way I can work. It's instinctive.

You just go for it and see what works. There are no rules.

Sometimes, not knowing what you're doing allows you to do things you never knew you could do.

In technology startups, there's a lot of winging it.

I don't plan. I don't think, 'I have to do this kind of part 'cause I've done that kind of part.' I'm not a very good planner.

The important thing to remember, if you are trying something that is an innovation, is not to think too much about it. Because if you take too long, by the time you get there, the world will have changed. You take a risk, and if it doesn't work, you make a change. We are not betting our lives on it.

When I do a take, I very often try things that I haven't planned to try to see if I can pull it off.

You know that I'm always a proponent of doing things differently.

I think there are actors who are like, 'Okay, what am I doing, how am I doing it, what's the appeal? Tell me what to do, what are the exact lines from the script? Okay, I got it.' I am not that way. I would be a terrible bus driver. I'd want to be like, 'Oh, let's take this side road! Let's see what happens when we go down this back alley.'

The apparatus has to serve our improbability and improvisation. Being good and playing the songs is not enough.

I'm not a trained chef, so I end up making stuff up. It either turns out brilliant or an absolute disaster. I just go for it.

It's very much like filmmaking always is-you're always asked to do something that you're not sure you know how to do. So you make an educated guess as to what you think will work and you hope between that and plan B, that you can end up with a product that's really good.

There's actually something interesting about having no rehearsal time - you have to just walk in and go with your gut, which is exciting.

There is no facet of my professional life that doesn't require or request improvisation.

Improvising things is always changing. A lot of momentum.

I don't believe in pitfalls. I believe in taking risks and not doing the same thing twice.

Do something. If it doesn't work, do something else. No idea is too crazy.

Think on your toes, use what's around you, and come up with something organic and fun.

No dance has ever turned out the way I thought it would, because I trust enough that I can start something with some ideas and then it takes itself somewhere.

So much of making movies is about discovery on the day, what you're figuring out. If you know everything going in, then it's not worth doing - it's already done.