Trey Anastasio, The Detroit News, 10/26/95Music can’t lie — it really is the universal language. People can hear your intent. If your intent is to sell records and make money, people will hear that, and it blackens the music. That’s why the live thing has been so exciting, and so spiritual for us. Once the fans are in the room, there’s nothing we can do on-stage that will bring us any more monetary gain. So we’re then free to explore and celebrate the spiritual aspect of the music.
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On the flip side, shows that stand out can be downloaded heavily and sold as DVD's. However, I think the fact that the band donates so much of its merchandise and live phish money to charity keeps it pure!
I can't really say what I want to say. . .just enjoy the music. I likes me some good dirty Phish from 94-97.
Show me somebody who doesn't like some form of music.
I would also say that Phish comes closer than almost anyone else to being a "universal language"-like band. Reason being, while their lyrics are a large part of who they are, in plenty of their songs they are so nonsensical as to be irrelevant. And thus, it is the played music that carries more weight (rather than the lyrics), at least to me. And anyone, anywhere, can listen to an epic jam and like it.
if string theory is true,
and we exist in just one verse of many,
maybe life is the chorus,
and music truly is
the universal language...
I know when i play,
it comes from somewhere
deep within me,
and all around me...