Explore Quotes by Trey Anastasio

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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 able to play this music, and then my family.

Equality implies individuality.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.