Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.

The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.

The guitar is your first wings. It's assigned and designed to unfold your vision and imagination.

There's never one sunrise the same or one sunset the same.

Your wrinkles either show that you're nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you're always smiling.

One day there will be no borders, no boundaries, no flags and no countries and the only passport will be the heart

Happiness is not a destination or an experience. It's a decision.

Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the future or living in the past. They are not in the present, and the present is where everything begins.

Everything is a battlefield. If you fight with anger, you are part of the problem. If you fight with joy, you're part of the solution.

Music rearranges your molecular structure.

My job in this life is to give people spiritual ecstasy through music. In my concerts people cry, laugh, dance. If they climaxed spiritually, I did my job. I did it decently and honestly.

When Millennials face turmoil, they don’t just need answers from God, they need God.

I wanted to laugh. Or maybe get mad. Or maybe shrug at how strange everyone was, especially me.

Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.

The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not likely to lose it in any other.

The act of painting is about one heart telling another heart where he found salvation.

I found the experiences that I had with sexuality were wonderful, they were very uplifting - we had a good time - and they didn't seem to affect the level of my mediation.

I would rather be loved by millions and hated by the same number rather than moderately liked by everyone.

It's much more interesting when you go to different places - make a left turn when nobody expects you to make a left turn, and make a right when nobody expects you to do that.

Go to bed early, get up early-this is wise.

Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe; a moment that never was before and never will be again.