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

Music has always been my protection against the world, from a very young age. I feel safe inside of a jam.

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

Set the gearshift for the high gear of your soul. You've got to run like an antelope, out of control.

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.

It's like you're surfing... The same wave that can be a source of pain can be a beautiful flowing grace and source of power. It's all a matter of how you respond to it.

If there's one thing I discovered since I came back from hiatus, it's that you can't go backwards.

Creativity is the antidote to destruction.

What happens if you start drawing squares? Well, I'd say the answer to that is, don't get famous for drawing circles.

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

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'm the furthest thing from an angel my love, if anything I'm the devil.""Maybe all the devil wanted was love.

Admitting defeat? How un-huntress like of you.

To be the best you must be able to handle the worst.

Rearranging furniture, adding some candles, or making even small tweaks can really make the difference.

You think when Jesus comes back, he really wants to see a cross? That's like going up to Jackie Onassis with a rifle pendant on.

I'm past doing one chin-up more than I did the day before. I just kind of do what I feel like.

What did one say to a stalker? Um, pardon me, Mr.Stalker, but could you, like, not?

I turn bullish at the instant my buy stop is hit, and stay bullish until my sell stop is hit.

Every man in a bank hates what the bank does and yet the bank does it.

Poetry is not an assertion of truth, but the making of that truth more fully real to us.