I didn't have bands that I was playing with growing up, so I learned to try to adapt and play these songs that were guitar songs on the piano, and sing them.

My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin.

You never know where your influences are going to come from, or where you're going to find your inspiration.

If you can play live and support yourself, it's one of the few ways you're going to actually get paid in this business these days.

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.

Inner negativity will attract negative energies from the universe. So be watchful of your thoughts. Don't be a magnate of negativity.

. . .once you find out he's cheated on you, you have to keep finding out, over and over and over again, until you've degraded yourself so completely that there's nothing left to do but walk out.

All I ever wanted to be president of was the American League.

I just wanted to do something that had some meaning that I can look back and be proud of, that my family can look back and be proud of.

The other major kind of computer is the "Apple," which I do not recommend, because it is a wuss-o-rama New-Age computer you basically just plug in and use.

Challenge the person you think you are in order to unveil the person you are capable of becoming

Keep saying hello to people. They will be the differentiator for you for the rest of your life.

Sometimes a man and a woman reach a crossroads and linger there, reluctant to take either way, knowing the wrong choice will mean the end... and knowing there’s so much worth saving.

I worked at NBC and MTV for two years, and it was very interesting to see the comparisons of audiences and the way that I would have to present a story to the two different places.