Trey Anastasio's Quotes

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

Equality implies individuality.

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

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.