All Phil Lesh Quotes
- There was always so much encouragement, to just really take it and run with it, from Deadheads. Deadheads
- 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 acting… Acting
- If, as some savants of consciousness suggest, we are actually agreeing to create, from moment to moment, everything we perceive as real, then it stands… Agreeing
- In St. Louis, some people were hurt seriously when some fans got on top of a roof that was where other fans were underneath it,… Collapsed
- To sing a simple round is truly an enlightening experience. Enlightening
- 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 Earth… Blessing
- So, in the course of events, I had an opportunity to come in contact with Colin Matthews, through the Rex Foundation sponsoring recordings of various… Colin
- So what it boils down to, in my humble opinion, is that we need to support the arts in schools, and at every other level… Art
- ... Everything we (the Grateful Dead) ever did was a demonstration of the value of cross-fertilization, It was unconscious at first, but when we started… All
- ... We borrowed it all from Coltrane. I started encouraging everybody in the band to listen to John Coltrane - 'Check it out, see what… All
- Bruce's band is so different from the Grateful Dead; there's no lead guitar player, for one thing. Band
- I mean, sports are big, big, big business. Big
- And the input that we always got from Deadheads, at the moment of making the music, was always a factor. Always Got
- And there was a movement afoot to take another year off, and if we had been able to do that, and rethink everything, I think… Able
- Yes, Pluton, actually, in the play. And I play him in my most stentorian voice. Him
- And that format was - we'd been using that format, I guess, since the late '70s, and it was starting to get very predictable. In… Been
- Because, first of all, we were becoming aware during that tour that there was a group of people that was following the band around, and… All
- But we were really locked in to that kind of format, and as the '90s wore on, it became for me more solidified, in that… All
- 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 think… Bringing
- 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 Bob… All
- Michael is the kind of guy who has rhythm; he has rock'n'roll in his soul, whether he really plays it or not. Guy
- 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… Audience
- Of course, we didn't survive to play all the way through the '90s, so I can say that - as I said, everybody in the… All
- When the band would leave the stage, and then the audience would just take over, and keep the groove goin'. Audience