69 Quotes by Stephen Stills

I much prefer the road. My thing is getting live in front of people. There is a sterile environment to a studio that doesnt make me let go.

Yeah; I'm a much better blues player than anybody knows, but being in the kind of group I'm in, we were always trying to make popular records

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.

I've learned you can't write on a computer on a bus. It jiggles too much, especially an Apple. The keyboard jiggles around too much, and there are too many typos.

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

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.

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.

I spent my last year of high school in Latin America, and there's a edge of salsa under all of my rhythms

Language is an inadequate form of communication. If you've picked up an instrument, it's because you don't feel you are communicating sufficiently.