The Point Is That The Arts Are

When You Are Drumming And Really Feeling The Music, The Beat, It Is Like You Are Transported To A Different Place, Where You Feel So Exhilirated And Calm Through Your Whole Body.

When The Grateful Dead Needed A Quality Sound System To Deliver Our Sonic Payload, I Learned Electronics And Speaker Design.

The Grateful Dead Were Very Kind. It Was Santa Claus. It Did Good Things. It Allowed Other People To Benefit. The Benefits That We Played Were Enormous, And We Played Free. So You've Got A Band That Loves To Play Free, And That Was A Wonderful Thing.

What Is The Best Music Is Impossible To Define. Just Because It's Played By A Virtuoso Player, Doesn't Mean It's Great Music. It Might Not Reflect The Soul Of A People, Which Is Really My Criteria For Great Music.

The Musical Mystery Is: How Do You Marry Tuned Percussion And Voice? On A Metaphorical Level, Everything That's Really Important - Like The Clouds, The Sky And The Earth - Is A Giant Mystery.