Phil Lesh

We sing a little song before we eat, a little blessing before we eat, and it's really - we're thanking the Lord…

— Phil Lesh

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

To sing a simple round is truly an enlightening experience.

— Phil Lesh

And that format was - we'd been using that format, I guess, since the late '70s, and it was starting to get…

— Phil Lesh

Especially in the realm of bringing an opportunity to do something creative to people, as I said, who wouldn't ordinarily have that…

— Phil Lesh

If, as some savants of consciousness suggest, we are actually agreeing to create, from moment to moment, everything we perceive as real,…

— Phil Lesh

So what it boils down to, in my humble opinion, is that we need to support the arts in schools, and at…

— Phil Lesh

In St. Louis, some people were hurt seriously when some fans got on top of a roof that was where other fans…

— Phil Lesh

... We borrowed it all from Coltrane. I started encouraging everybody in the band to listen to John Coltrane - 'Check it…

— Phil Lesh

In a way, it's my way of dealing with, finding closure with Grateful Dead music, and giving thanks in a way to…

— Phil Lesh

Yes, Pluton, actually, in the play. And I play him in my most stentorian voice.

— Phil Lesh

Because, first of all, we were becoming aware during that tour that there was a group of people that was following the…

— Phil Lesh

... Everything we (the Grateful Dead) ever did was a demonstration of the value of cross-fertilization, It was unconscious at first, but…

— Phil Lesh

When the band would leave the stage, and then the audience would just take over, and keep the groove goin'.

— Phil Lesh

Actually, the year anniversary of what you just heard, my son Grahame and I are going to be in a play together,…

— Phil Lesh

There was always so much encouragement, to just really take it and run with it, from Deadheads.

— Phil Lesh

The decision to change the name meant we were getting serious, because we couldn't make a record if some other band had…

— Phil Lesh

I mean, sports are big, big, big business.

— Phil Lesh

So, in the course of events, I had an opportunity to come in contact with Colin Matthews, through the Rex Foundation sponsoring…

— Phil Lesh

And the input that we always got from Deadheads, at the moment of making the music, was always a factor.

— Phil Lesh

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…

— Phil Lesh

Of course, we didn't survive to play all the way through the '90s, so I can say that - as I said,…

— Phil Lesh

But we were really locked in to that kind of format, and as the '90s wore on, it became for me more…

— Phil Lesh

And there was a movement afoot to take another year off, and if we had been able to do that, and rethink…

— Phil Lesh

Bruce's band is so different from the Grateful Dead; there's no lead guitar player, for one thing.

— Phil Lesh