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

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" Phish has run its course and that we should end it now while it's still on a high note. "

" As long as your intention is pure, and you know what you're in it for, then you're alright. And I'm in it because I enjoy it. I take it seriously... real seriously. I mean I could sit and talk all day about the music. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

" Equality implies individuality. "

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

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

" It was amazing and inspiring to see so many people come together through music to aid the great state of Vermont. "

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

" 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. "

" I absolutely love the Philharmonic. I also love rock guitar. "

" 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. "

" I consider myself extremely lucky to have worked with so many great collaborators in my lifetime. "

" When you're a musician and you break new ground it resonates into the common consciousness. "

" When Phish broke up, I made some comment about how I'm not gonna go around playing 'You Enjoy Myself' for the rest of my life. "

" 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 that particular culture. It's the greatest joy as a musician to be able to translate that, be part of something and watch the scenery around you. "

" Set the gearshift for the high gear of your soul, you've got to run like an antelope out of control! "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" We always felt like we were throwing a party for our friends, regardless of the size or the place, because we actually were throwing a party for our friends. We've always had a very tight knit community. "

" I've always loved the experience of working together with other people toward an artistic goal. "

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" 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 back together with a sold-out tour. "