“When the band would leave the stage, and then the audience would just ...” — Phil Lesh Quote

When the band would leave the stage, and then the audience would just take over, and keep the groove goin'.

Not that there weren't great shows, and not that there wasn't plenty of fine music played. It's just that the consistency and the height of where we could take it, with the help of the audience, was less, I felt, in the '90s.

There was always so much encouragement, to just really take it and run with it, from Deadheads.

Michael is the kind of guy who has rhythm; he has rock'n'roll in his soul, whether he really plays it or not.

And there was a movement afoot to take another year off, and if we had been able to do that, and rethink everything, I think when we came back it would have been very different.

Playing the guitar, you kind of lock into a rhythm and a groove, and then it relaxes me to make up lyrics and sing.

It's always been my dream to have a monster rhythm section that's just all groove and pocket.

I just love a slow groove. I feel so comfortable in it. But I listen to a lot of fast music, a lot of techno and house.

I just love a great groove.

When you get a groove going, time flies.