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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.

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

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• 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.

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• 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.

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

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

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

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

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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 absolutely love the Philharmonic. I also love rock guitar.

   

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

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

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

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• 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.

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

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• Equality implies individuality.

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Trey Anastasio (39)

Birth:	26th August, 1965
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Composer, Guitarist, Musician, Orchardist

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