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.

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

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

The biggest sacrifice to me is to not be in an atmosphere where I can keep writing and moving forward.

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...

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

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...

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.

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

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

In your heart you feel like you’re doing the right thing, because, ultimately, honesty is your gift to these people who are willing to listen to your music, … Changing is part of that. You’ve...

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...

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

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.

The trick is to surrender to the Phlow!

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

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.

Equality implies individuality.

John Lennon is the model for what I’m trying to do; that he grew and changed, … It’s been hard because you left your friends and I don’t see them very much anymore, but look...

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.

I understand that transposing a song a half step can effect the believability of a lyric.

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.

I love the way this album came out, … It was great to (work) with Brendan, who, nine songs into the record, looked at me and said, ‘We’re not putting this out until all 12...

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.

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...

I’ve always loved musical theater. It’s a bit of a family tradition.

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

Ficus dream’s are the dream’s for me, it cost me nothing it was free.

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.

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...

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

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...

It was just such a sense of discovery happening that night, … We did a tour in the spring — this is God’s honest truth — and it wasn’t really together yet. At 10,000 Lakes...

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

Things don’t go on forever, and the quicker you accept that change is inevitable, the happier you’re gonna be.

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

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...

It’s a thrill to be on Columbia Records. Columbia has been home to a lot of my favorite artists — like Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, and Bruce Springsteen — and it feels great to be...

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

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

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 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.

If I had a ghost living on my street. I would try try to stay alive, and offer him some meat!

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

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

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

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

I love the way this album came out,