Quotes by Trey Anastasio

About Trey Anastasio:

Ernest Joseph "Trey" Anastasio III is an American guitarist, composer, and vocalist noted for his work with the rock band Phish, and his solo career, including the Trey Anastasio Band and the orchestral "Evenings with Trey Anastasio" performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony, and the Colorado Symphony.
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I've always loved musical theater. It's a bit of a family tradition.

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

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Working on a play is a vibrant and collaborative business. Everyone from the choreographer to the music director to the director to the writers work together toward the same goal, and everyone chimes in on everything.

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The band feels loose in all the right ways, and it's just so cool looking out and seeing all of these people that I haven't seen in a while.

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Things don't go on forever, and the quicker you accept that change is inevitable, the happier you're gonna be.

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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.

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

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

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

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When Phish broke up, I made some comment about how I'm not gonna go around playing 'You Enjoy Myself' for the rest of my life.

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I cannot spend my entire life going around the country playing 'You Enjoy Myself '.

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Musicians from the beginning of time have been there to express the mood and the musical feelings in the air for whatever's going on in that particular culture. It's the greatest joy as a musician to be able to translate that, be part of something an...

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

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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.

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

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I think the Internet is going to open up a lot of possibilities with music, and the shake-up of power is exciting to me.

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The folk music definition has changed in this fast music world and musical styles are blending really quickly.

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When I was growing up in New Jersey, my mom would regularly take my sister and I into the city to see shows. I have many fond memories of standing in the half-price ticket line in Times Square and going to matinees.

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Author Bio

  • NameTrey Anastasio
  • DescriptionAmerican guitarist, composer, and vocalist
  • BornSeptember 30, 1964
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger; Singer-songwriter; Composer;