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" Swing will never sound as good as it did in the '40s. "
Trey Anastasio
Swing
Did
Good
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" 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. "
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Police
Morning
" The folk music definition has changed in this fast music world and musical styles are blending really quickly. "
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Fast
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" It was amazing and inspiring to see so many people come together through music to aid the great state of Vermont. "
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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 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. "
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Beginning
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Time
" I'm not trying to pull the rug out from under anybody, but the music really does tell you where to go. "
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Rug
You
" 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. "
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Years
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" I absolutely love the Philharmonic. I also love rock guitar. "
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Guitar
" Things don't go on forever, and the quicker you accept that change is inevitable, the happier you're gonna be. "
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Accept
You
" I consider myself extremely lucky to have worked with so many great collaborators in my lifetime. "
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Lifetime
Great
Myself
" The biggest sacrifice to me is to not be in an atmosphere where I can keep writing and moving forward. "
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Moving Forward
Sacrifice
Me
" We were always a party band and we used to play outside a lot. "
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Outside
Band
" I've always loved musical theater. It's a bit of a family tradition. "
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Bit
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Loved
" 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. "
Trey Anastasio
Silence
Fall
I Am
" We're never going to stop! Three hundred shows a year forever! "
Trey Anastasio
Never
Year
Three
" I've always loved the experience of working together with other people toward an artistic goal. "
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Together
Experience
Working Together
" 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. "
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Together
Music
Goal
" 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. "
Trey Anastasio
Community
Place
Friends
" My life was a complete catatrophe. I was very, very sick from drugs and alcohol. "
Trey Anastasio
Complete
Sick
My Life
" 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. "
Trey Anastasio
Out
People
Seeing
" Set the gearshift for the high gear of your soul, you've got to run like an antelope out of control! "
Trey Anastasio
Run
Soul
You
" 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. "
Trey Anastasio
City
Growing Up
Memories
" 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. "
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Always
You
Writing
" 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. "
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You
Music
" 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. "
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Happy
Wife
Band
" When you're a musician and you break new ground it resonates into the common consciousness. "
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Break
Consciousness
" Phish has run its course and that we should end it now while it's still on a high note. "
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High
Now
Run
" Equality implies individuality. "
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Equality
Individuality
Implies
" Music has always been my protection against the world, from a very young age. I feel safe inside of a jam. "
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Age
Always
" 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. "
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Line
" I understand that transposing a song a half step can effect the believability of a lyric. "
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Effect
Understand
Step