Quotes By Trey Anastasio

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

As long as your intention is pure, and you know what you're in it for, then you're alright. And I'm in it because I enjoy it. I take it seriously... real seriously. I mean I could sit and talk all day about the music.

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

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.

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.

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

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 cannot spend my entire life going around the country playing 'You Enjoy Myself '.

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

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

Working on a play is a vibrant and collaborative business. Everyone from the choreographer to the music director to the director to the writers work together toward the same goal, and everyone chimes in on everything.

The band feels loose in all the right ways, and it's just so cool looking out and seeing all of these people that I haven't seen in a while.

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