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" I wouldn't be doing this if it wasn't fun. It's just a whole different thing these days. "
Bill Kreutzmann
Doing
Fun
Just
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" Oh yeah, it's great see music and to play music in small places. And it's really fun for me to play here because, you know, I played two feet from people all night. And after all those years, it's great to be able to talk to folks. "
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" I really like to go for the essence of things - the most beautiful parts of things - of human beings or of music. If there are things in there that are getting in the way and complicating it, it's just not good for me. "
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Beautiful
Way
" Well, to tell you the straight honest truth, it was like a Grateful Dead cover band. I didn't feel - and nothing against the guys - I didn't feel that they were opening up like they should. I'll tell you what, with guitar players, Steven has what I like in guitar players. "
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Guitar
Truth
You
" I am just a guy who plays drums. "
Bill Kreutzmann
Who
Am
Drums
" I care about being able to play. If you're playing with integrity in the music, then that's what matters. But it wasn't that great for me because it was kinda like going back into the old times without the guy. "
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Care
Great
Integrity
" I'm really thankful and complimented when people come to me and say, thank you for the great times for all these years. But I don't think about it as being a leader. "
Bill Kreutzmann
People
Leader
Great
" In the very beginning we were a real tight family but now it's different. You know, toward the end, we had separate limos, stuff like that. It's hard to get six giant egos in the same place. "
Bill Kreutzmann
Family
End
Beginning
" I always thought it would be really cool to be playing the drums in the show and then have your astral body or whatever travel all through the audience and dig whatever it's like out there. "
Bill Kreutzmann
Audience
Body
Cool
" I saw a drummer play once when I was a kid and I thought, that's really cool. You know, you're moving. You're using your arms and fingers. So I tried it and I loved it. "
Bill Kreutzmann
Know
Thought
Cool
" I've always loved New Orleans music. I always loved it when the Neville Brothers opened up for the Grateful Dead and the Dirty Dozen and all that. "
Bill Kreutzmann
Always
Grateful
Music
" My dad loved black singers. So listening to New Orleans music, eventually I wanted to play an instrument. "
Bill Kreutzmann
Listening
Black
Loved
" I love the farm, I love growing stuff. "
Bill Kreutzmann
I Love
Growing
Farm
" No matter how nice a hotel is, it's not home. "
Bill Kreutzmann
Matter
Nice
Home
" Playing music is just one of the best things. I can't retire. "
Bill Kreutzmann
Best
Things
Retire
" I'd rather play here in this small bar and just do a good show. Because it's fun and there's no expectations, it's encouragement to be different, do something new. "
Bill Kreutzmann
Play
Good
Expectations
" I've gone through guys who want to lay on their backs and play like they're full of themselves. You know, I don't care about posing. I mean look at me, do I care about posing? "
Bill Kreutzmann
Look
Care
Me
" Maybe because I'm a Taurus, I like to watch plants grow. "
Bill Kreutzmann
Because
Grow
Plants
" I mean, we just started, it's a new thing. We're doing this for fun and we're going to see where it goes. "
Bill Kreutzmann
See
Doing
Fun
" When Garcia died, and I decided not to play, I came out here. "
Bill Kreutzmann
Out
Came
Decided
" I just don't see myself as retiring. As long as I'm healthy and can play the drums, that's what I'm going to do because that's the most fun thing that I know how to do. "
Bill Kreutzmann
Myself
Know
Healthy
" I didn't play after the Grateful Dead stopped playing. I didn't touch anything for three or four months, and I just got pretty crazy. "
Bill Kreutzmann
Got
Play
Crazy
" I mean, when it gets down to it I just wanted to play the drums. The rest of it never meant that much to me. "
Bill Kreutzmann
Rest
Down
Me