Trey Anastasio Quotes

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• 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…
• Music has always been my protection against the world, from a very young age. I feel safe inside of a jam.
• 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…
• 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.
• 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…
• My life was a complete catatrophe. I was very, very sick from drugs and alcohol.
• It was amazing and inspiring to see so many people come together through music to aid the great state of Vermont.
• I absolutely love the Philharmonic. I also love rock guitar.
• The biggest sacrifice to me is to not be in an atmosphere where I can keep writing and moving forward.
• 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 always dreamed of writing in an orchestral context. But when you finish a piece, you want to hear it. So we played everything with…
• I consider myself extremely lucky to have worked with so many great collaborators in my lifetime.
• 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…
• Equality implies individuality.
• 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…
• Working on a play is a vibrant and collaborative business. Everyone from the choreographer to the music director to the director to the writers work…
• The folk music definition has changed in this fast music world and musical styles are blending really quickly.
• We were always a party band and we used to play outside a lot.
• When I was growing up in New Jersey, my mom would regularly take my sister and I into the city to see shows. I have…
• I understand that transposing a song a half step can effect the believability of a lyric.

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