If you think of music as a universal language, it still has some very powerful dialects.

How many Beethovens are there that just for lack of the training, the world doesn't get exposed to.

People may need something to celebrate. They need a context in which to celebrate things. They need something that fills the void that's left by the bankruptcy of religion and so forth.

That's part of that thing of transcending languages. Every person will have their own language.

But audio is a component of video, so there's always been that anyway, and although we've never expressed a visual side apart from the Grateful Dead movie, I don't find it that remote, you know what I mean? It's a departure of sorts, but it's like a first cousin.

We were very fortunate to have a a little time in history when LSD was still legal and were able to experiment with drugs just like we were doing with music.

Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul.