So what it boils down to, in my humble opinion, is that we need to support the arts in schools, and at every other level in the education of children.

Bruce's band is so different from the Grateful Dead; there's no lead guitar player, for one thing.

We sing a little song before we eat, a little blessing before we eat, and it's really - we're thanking the Lord and the Earth for the food that we eat, and it really brings you together in a profound kind of way.

There was always so much encouragement, to just really take it and run with it, from Deadheads.

If, as some savants of consciousness suggest, we are actually agreeing to create, from moment to moment, everything we perceive as real, then it stands to reason that we're also responsible for keeping it going in some harmonious manner.

So what it boils down to, in my humble opinion, is that we need to support the arts in schools, and at every other level in the education of children.

Actually, the year anniversary of what you just heard, my son Grahame and I are going to be in a play together, and I'm acting for the first time in front of an audience that doesn't consist of a high school drama class.