Trey Anastasio

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

— Trey Anastasio

We want to have a spontaneous adventure. You can't plan an adventure, or it ceases to be one.

— Trey Anastasio

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

— Trey Anastasio

I've learned that in the theater the story is everything. Every lyric, every line and every musical gesture has to propel the…

— Trey Anastasio

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

— Trey Anastasio

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

— Trey Anastasio

My life was a complete catatrophe. I was very, very sick from drugs and alcohol.

— Trey Anastasio

My life had become a catastrophe. I had no idea how to turn it around. My band had broken up. I had…

— Trey Anastasio

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

— Trey Anastasio

Swing will never sound as good as it did in the '40s.

— Trey Anastasio

When I was growing up in New Jersey, my mom would regularly take my sister and I into the city to see…

— Trey Anastasio

Ideally the point of music is community, not the player. Musicians are simply channels to link the audience to the music and…

— Trey Anastasio

I think the Internet is going to open up a lot of possibilities with music, and the shake-up of power is exciting…

— Trey Anastasio

I am excited to get on tour, if I'm speaking to the Phish fans. I can't wait.

— Trey Anastasio

Musicians from the beginning of time have been there to express the mood and the musical feelings in the air for whatever's…

— Trey Anastasio

I feel a great responsibility to deliver for our audience ... I am like their servant, but there's only one honest way…

— Trey Anastasio

What I thought at the moment was the worst thing that could happen was absolutely the biggest gift I've received.

— Trey Anastasio

Equality implies individuality.

— Trey Anastasio

Music is a spiritual expression of what's in your heart. Music as a way of getting rich is a pretty new thing,…

— Trey Anastasio

Creativity is the antidote to destruction.

— Trey Anastasio

I always dreamed of writing in an orchestral context. But when you finish a piece, you want to hear it. So we…

— Trey Anastasio

Working on a play is a vibrant and collaborative business. Everyone from the choreographer to the music director to the director to…

— Trey Anastasio

Jerry Garcia was a great American master and the Grateful Dead are not just a genuine piece of musical history, but also…

— Trey Anastasio

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

— Trey Anastasio

We always felt like we were throwing a party for our friends, regardless of the size or the place, because we actually…

— Trey Anastasio