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

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

Ideally the point of music is community, not the player. Musicians are simply channels to link the audience to the music and to each other.

I am excited to get on tour, if I'm speaking to the Phish fans. I can't wait.

I feel a great responsibility to deliver for our audience ... I am like their servant, but there's only one honest way to lift people up, which is to feel genuinely elevated yourself. And the way to do that is follow your heart. That's all we try to do.

There are no Jerry Garcias coming down the pike, anymore than there is a Jimi Hendrix or Bob Marley. They are all at the same level - the highest level that you strive to get to as a musician. Me and my friends - we'll all be long dead, people will still be trying to dig into what Jerry Garcia did.

What happens if you start drawing squares? Well, I'd say the answer to that is, don't get famous for drawing circles.