Phil Lesh Quotes

If, as some savants of consciousness suggest, we are actually agreeing to create, from moment to moment, everything we perceive as real, then it stands to reason that we're also responsible for keeping it going in some harmonious manner.

the poster read: Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy. O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. —St. Francis of Assisi

Dear Friends & Family: We regret to announce that Steve Kimock has chosen to flee the Bob Dylan / Phil Lesh Tour. We apologize for any inconvenience, pray for your forgiveness, and look forward to your continued support. “I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s Farm no more…” Signed, running & shooting behind him as fast as he can… —Steve Kimock

Take Phil Lesh, who attended the band’s third-ever show. Then taking classes at the nearby College of San Mateo, and worshiping the likes of Charles Ives and Karlheinz Stockhausen as a student of classical and avant-garde musical composition, Lesh later underscored the physicality of the young band’s sound. “The music was so loud, even outside, and the groove so compelling, that I just had to dance … only to be blown back against the wall,” Lesh recalled. At Magoo’s, one had to navigate through “an almost palpable sea of sound.