And As Far As I'm Concerned, It's

People May Need Something To Celebrate. They Need A Context In Which To Celebrate Things. They Need Something That Fills The Void That's Left By The Bankruptcy Of Religion And So Forth.

In The Last 100 Years Since The Invention Of Sound Reproduction, Music Has Really Taken Off And It Is Much More A Common Language Because Of Records And Transportation.

I Think The Grateful Dead Kind Of Represents The Spirit Of Being Able To Go Out And Have An Adventure In America At Large.

You Need Music, I Don't Know Why. It's Probably One Of Those Joe Campbell Questions, Why We Need Ritual. We Need Magic, And Bliss, And Power, Myth, And Celebration And Religion In Our Lives, And Music Is A Good Way To Encapsulate A Lot Of It.

You Do Not Merely Want To Be Considered Just The Best Of The Best. You Want To Be Considered The Only One Who Does What You Do.