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" 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
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Seeing
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" 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. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I can't wait to play the Hammerstein shows. Things have been exploding in the last week, and that's going to be the exclamation point. "
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" Equality implies individuality. "
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" 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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" I consider myself extremely lucky to have worked with so many great collaborators in my lifetime. "
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" When you're a musician and you break new ground it resonates into the common consciousness. "
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" I understand that transposing a song a half step can effect the believability of a lyric. "
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" I absolutely love the Philharmonic. I also love rock guitar. "
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" 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
" If there's one thing I discovered since I came back from hiatus, it's that you can't go backwards. "
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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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" The biggest sacrifice to me is to not be in an atmosphere where I can keep writing and moving forward. "
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" What I thought at the moment was the worst thing that could happen was absolutely the biggest gift I've received. "
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Life
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