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

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

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

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• 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.

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• 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.

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

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

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

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

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• 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.

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

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

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• 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.

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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 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.

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

   

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• Equality implies individuality.

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• 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.

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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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Trey Anastasio (39)

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

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