Quotes By Trey Anastasio

Things don't go on forever, and the quicker you accept that change is inevitable, the happier you're gonna be.

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

I always dreamed of writing in an orchestral context. But when you finish a piece, you want to hear it. So we played everything with Phish.

I can't wait to play the Hammerstein shows. Things have been exploding in the last week, and that's going to be the exclamation point.

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.

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

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.

Equality implies individuality.

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

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

The folk music definition has changed in this fast music world and musical styles are blending really quickly.

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

Things have gone beyond my wildest expectations and dreams, and I feel like I've been given so many blessings in my life, between my friendship with the guys in the band, our wonderful audience, being able to play this music, and then my family.

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

Musicians from the beginning of time have been there to express the mood and the musical feelings in the air for whatever's going on in that particular culture. It's the greatest joy as a musician to be able to translate that, be part of something and watch the scenery around you.

We always felt like we were throwing a party for our friends, regardless of the size or the place, because we actually were throwing a party for our friends. We've always had a very tight knit community.

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

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

What I thought at the moment was the worst thing that could happen was absolutely the biggest gift I've received.

We were always a party band and we used to play outside a lot.

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

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

When Phish broke up, I made some comment about how I'm not gonna go around playing 'You Enjoy Myself' for the rest of my life.

When I was growing up in New Jersey, my mom would regularly take my sister and I into the city to see shows. I have many fond memories of standing in the half-price ticket line in Times Square and going to matinees.

We're never going to stop! Three hundred shows a year forever!

Phish has run its course and that we should end it now while it's still on a high note.

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.

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

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.

My life had become a catastrophe. I had no idea how to turn it around. My band had broken up. I had almost lost my family. My whole life had devolved into a disaster. I believe that the police officer who stopped me at three a.m. that morning saved my life.