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

If I had a ghost living on my street. I would try to stay alive, and offer him some meat!

Music has always been my protection against the world, from a very young age. I feel safe inside of a jam.

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.

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

As long as your intention is pure, and you know what you're in it for, then you're alright. And I'm in it because I enjoy it. I take it seriously... real seriously. I mean I could sit and talk all day about the music.

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