Not that there weren't great shows, and not that there wasn't plenty of fine music played. It's just that the consistency and the height of where we could take it, with the help of the audience, was less, I felt,… — Phil Lesh Copy Share Image
We sing a little song before we eat, a little blessing before we eat, and it's really - we're thanking the Lord and the… — Phil Lesh Copy Share Image
Michael is the kind of guy who has rhythm; he has rock'n'roll in his soul, whether he really plays it or not. — Phil Lesh Copy Share Image
And that format was - we'd been using that format, I guess, since the late '70s, and it was starting to get very predictable.… — Phil Lesh Copy Share Image
Especially in the realm of bringing an opportunity to do something creative to people, as I said, who wouldn't ordinarily have that opportunity. I… — Phil Lesh Copy Share Image
If, as some savants of consciousness suggest, we are actually agreeing to create, from moment to moment, everything we perceive as real, then it… — Phil Lesh Copy Share Image
So what it boils down to, in my humble opinion, is that we need to support the arts in schools, and at every other… — Phil Lesh Copy Share Image
In St. Louis, some people were hurt seriously when some fans got on top of a roof that was where other fans were underneath… — Phil Lesh Copy Share Image
... We borrowed it all from Coltrane. I started encouraging everybody in the band to listen to John Coltrane - 'Check it out, see… — Phil Lesh Copy Share Image
In a way, it's my way of dealing with, finding closure with Grateful Dead music, and giving thanks in a way to Jerry and… — Phil Lesh Copy Share Image
Yes, Pluton, actually, in the play. And I play him in my most stentorian voice. — Phil Lesh Copy Share Image
Because, first of all, we were becoming aware during that tour that there was a group of people that was following the band around,… — Phil Lesh Copy Share Image
... Everything we (the Grateful Dead) ever did was a demonstration of the value of cross-fertilization, It was unconscious at first, but when we… — Phil Lesh Copy Share Image
When the band would leave the stage, and then the audience would just take over, and keep the groove goin'. — Phil Lesh Copy Share Image
Actually, the year anniversary of what you just heard, my son Grahame and I are going to be in a play together, and I'm… — Phil Lesh Copy Share Image
