Swing will never sound as good as it did in the '40s.

Things have gone beyond my wildest expectations and dreams, and I feel like I've been given so many blessings in my life, between my friendship with the guys in the band, our wonderful audience, being able to play this music, and then my family.

I’ve always loved the experience of working together with other people toward an artistic goal.

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.

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

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.

There's so much excitement around the Phish tours, and if it stopped feeling that way, it would ruin everything we've done for seventeen years.