Bob Weir

“Our audience is like people who like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice.”

“We weren't a pop band. We were a folk-music band on acid.”

“It's a dance. I'm the rhythm guitarist, I'm dancing with the drummer.”

“I try to keep my feet on the ground and my head in the clouds.”

“The idea is to be in a state of grace. To be able to be in a place where you're not thinking about it, you're just doing it.”

“I have a pretty good memory, but I have a bad file-retrieval system.”

“I don't think we ever tried to be a message band. We were storytellers.”

“Improvisation is the art of being completely O.K. with not knowing what the f--k you're doing.”

“We're in the fun business. If we're not having fun, we're not doing our jobs.”

“You have to be willing to get lost. You have to be willing to be a fool.”

“The song is just a vehicle. The performance is the event.”

“The main thing is to keep it loose.”