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

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.

Set the gearshift for the high gear of your soul. You've got to run like an antelope, out of control.

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

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

Creativity is the antidote to destruction.

My life was a complete catatrophe. I was very, very sick from drugs and alcohol.