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Jon Fishman

"Nirvana was like that- Nirvana was like the only band to come out of that- it was like the same thing, Seattle was like this whole scene and it was like this big scene that was thrust upon America."

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"Nirvana was like that- Nirvana was like the only band to come out of that- it was like the same thing, Seattle was like this whole scene and it was like this big scene that was thrust upon America."

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"I think I came back from America a funnier and nicer person than I went."

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"If all our comrades of Europe, America and other countries, who do not understand what we are doing to Spanish Anarchism, would come to Spain, we could then see how they would react."

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"When I came to America in the '60s, it was the place to be. I wonder if I'd come here today."

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"America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few."

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"Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected."

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"The innovative spirit was America's strongest attribute, transforming everything into a brave new world, but there lingered an insecurity about the arts."

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"An asylum for the sane would be empty in America."

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"I think Australians do well here because we feel a bit naughty, like we're in America and if they only knew how much fun we were having, we'd all get thrown out, you know."

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"Elvis' disappearing body is like a flashing event horizon at the edge of the black hole that is America today."

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"America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there."

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Jon Fishman
"I don't know how you can go your whole life and not listen once to Bob Marley - what's the point?"

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"You're not there to spread any particular- if you're Bob Marley you're there to spread a message, but very few people can do that effectively without shoving opinions down someone's throat."

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Jon Fishman
"When I go on stage man I just want people to have fun, I don't want people to think about their problems, I want people to get energy and nutrition and food from that so they can go back into the real world and work on their problems."

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Jon Fishman
"Led Zeppelin was pretty much what made me pick up drum sticks."

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Jon Fishman
"The Grateful Dead were an influence on our music but they weren't by a long shot the biggest influence."

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Jon Fishman
"I think it's like music for the sake of music, and a lot of the words stem from liking music a lot, wanting to be a good band and having a good sense of humour, and living in a situation where we're free to pretty much do what we want."

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"People are trying to live freely outside of, or within a system that maybe for them on a day-to-day level isn't as free... I definitely think we're positively orientated."

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"I think that Phish has been a band, we've all had- I've had a great life growing up and everybody in my band's had a really good life, none of us have got anything to complain about at all."

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"I just wanted to say one more thing: I also think that when you go to play music, you're there to play music."

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"Madonna is a pro. I don't like her and have no respect for her but- I don't think she should be called a musician or a dancer or whatever you know, but I do have, well I do have respect for her ability to completely manipulate the media and have them work for her."

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