Explore Quotes by Trey Anastasio

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.