Trey Anastasio Quotes

Music has always been my protection against the world, from a very young age. I feel safe inside of a jam.

We want to have a spontaneous adventure. You can't plan an adventure, or it ceases to be one.

Set the gearshift for the high gear of your soul. You've got to run like an antelope, out of control.

Ideally the point of music is community, not the player. Musicians are simply channels to link the audience to the music and to each other.

It's like you're surfing... The same wave that can be a source of pain can be a beautiful flowing grace and source of power. It's all a matter of how you respond to it.

If there's one thing I discovered since I came back from hiatus, it's that you can't go backwards.

I'm not trying to pull the rug out from under anybody, but the music really does tell you where to go.

Creativity is the antidote to destruction.

What happens if you start drawing squares? Well, I'd say the answer to that is, don't get famous for drawing circles.

My life was a complete catatrophe. I was very, very sick from drugs and alcohol.

Jerry Garcia was a great American master and the Grateful Dead are not just a genuine piece of musical history, but also an important part of American history.

Anyone who writes knows that ultimately the majority of your time is spent alone in a room with a piano or a guitar, no matter what the project is.

If I had a ghost living on my street. I would try to stay alive, and offer him some meat!

When you're a musician and you break new ground it resonates into the common consciousness.

There's so much excitement around the Phish tours, and if it stopped feeling that way, it would ruin everything we've done for seventeen years.

I absolutely love the Philharmonic. I also love rock guitar.

I've been sober for two-and-a-half years, My children are happy. In August, my wife and I will celebrate our fifteenth wedding anniversary. My band is back together with a sold-out tour.

I think the Internet is going to open up a lot of possibilities with music, and the shake-up of power is exciting to me.

I've learned that in the theater the story is everything. Every lyric, every line and every musical gesture has to propel the journey of a given character or the overall plot.

I am a prince I have it all, and I hear your foot steps on the wall, I wait in silence for your call, and take a shot and watch you fall.

I am excited to get on tour, if I'm speaking to the Phish fans. I can't wait.

I understand that transposing a song a half step can effect the believability of a lyric.

I’ve always loved the experience of working together with other people toward an artistic goal.

I consider myself extremely lucky to have worked with so many great collaborators in my lifetime.

Swing will never sound as good as it did in the '40s.

I've always loved musical theater. It's a bit of a family tradition.

The biggest sacrifice to me is to not be in an atmosphere where I can keep writing and moving forward.

Equality implies individuality.

I've always loved the experience of working together with other people toward an artistic goal.

It was amazing and inspiring to see so many people come together through music to aid the great state of Vermont.