Trey Anastasio

“The band feels loose in all the right ways, and it's just so cool looking out and seeing all of these people that I haven't seen in a while.”

“If there's one thing I discovered since I came back from hiatus, it's that you can't go backwards.”

“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 together toward the same goal, and everyone chimes in on everything.”

“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 family. My whole life had devolved into a disaster. I believe that the police officer who stopped me at three a.m. that morning saved my life.”

“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 what the project is.”

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

“Equality implies individuality.”

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

“We're never going to stop! Three hundred shows a year forever!”

“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 Phish.”

“I've learned that in the theater the story is everything. Every lyric, every line and every musical gesture has to propel the journey of a given character or the overall plot.”

“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 many fond memories of standing in the half-price ticket line in Times Square and going to matinees.”

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

“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 take a shot and watch you fall.”

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

“Things have gone beyond my wildest expectations and dreams, and I feel like I've been given so many blessings in my life, between my friendship with the guys in the band, our wonderful audience, being able to play this music, and then my family.”

“I absolutely love the Philharmonic. I also love rock guitar.”

“The folk music definition has changed in this fast music world and musical styles are blending really quickly.”

“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.”