You're not there to spread any particular- if you're Bob Marley you're there to spread a message, but very few people can do that effectively without shoving opinions down someone's throat.

People are trying to live freely outside of, or within a system that maybe for them on a day-to-day level isn't as free... I definitely think we're positively orientated.

For me from a pretty young age up until about 21 years old hallucinogenics had a huge place in my life.

Led Zeppelin was pretty much what made me pick up drum sticks.

But I do think that we approach music, in of itself, with a religious attitude.

When I go on stage man I just want people to have fun, I don't want people to think about their problems, I want people to get energy and nutrition and food from that so they can go back into the real world and work on their problems.

Phish has never had anything to do with any trends at all in America.