Stone Gossard Quotes

You can't write a song out of thin air you have to feel and know what you are writing about.

My mother features quite heavily in a lot of my songs.

All love comes from the family.

Sometimes I'll come up with a lick that I really love, and I'll try to put the right words to it for years. Suddenly something comes to me that works just right.

I'm never happier than when I'm being creative, whether that's with Coldplay or other artists. I just love being in the studio.

Everything I am is because of my grandmother.

Sometimes when you're writing a song and that song comes into your head, it definitely comes from somewhere, like a real experience.

We all love to sing, and when we sit down to write a song I think it kind of shows itself to us.

No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.

For the last five or six years the most important thing in my life has been my family.

I love working and writing new songs. But sometimes you need to wait, to have something in your mind, and then you can let yourself play music.

I may never know what type of effect I have on my sons, just like Granny never knew the effect she had on me. So I just try and make the best decisions that I can, be the best father that I can.

That's what I find with any good song, you just have to let it happen. Out of about twenty songs you might write, one of any significance. It might be thirty or forty, but I just keep churning them out and churning them out in hope that one of them will stick.

I still write more songs about girls than anything else.

Music. It's all creativity right here, right now.

I love the art form of songwriting. I get to carry a lot of vibes to a lot of people. My songs are all about the human condition, and people will be able to find themselves in my songs.

I can't write songs unless I am in love.

The songwriting was almost like something I did while I was waiting for my daughter to come back.

Every song is like a kid. How can you have that many kids and have a favorite? Which one do I like to hang most with?

Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately.

The great songs just come out. If it comes quick, just leave it that way.

I love writing songs and being a musician, but you can't really buy the feeling of connecting with people.

All is fair in love and songwriting.

I think I'm most proud of my family right now. I'm more into that then I've ever been. It also gives a new area to draw from in creativity with my songs.

One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad.