Trey Anastasio Quotes

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 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 absolutely love the Philharmonic. I also love rock guitar.

Equality implies individuality.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.