I've always loved musical theater. It's a bit of a family tradition.

Jerry Garcia was a great American master and the Grateful Dead are not just a genuine piece of musical history, but also an important part of American history.

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.

I've learned that in the theater the story is everything. Every lyric, every line and every musical gesture has to propel the journey of a given character or the overall plot.

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

The biggest sacrifice to me is to not be in an atmosphere where I can keep writing and moving forward.

We want to have a spontaneous adventure. You can't plan an adventure, or it ceases to be one.