I saw a drummer play once when I was a kid and I thought, thats really cool. You know, youre moving. Youre using your arms and fingers. So I tried it and I loved it. – Bill Kreutzmann
My dad loved black singers. So listening to New Orleans music, eventually I wanted to play an instrument. – Bill Kreutzmann
I always thought it would be really cool to be playing the drums in the show and then have your astral body or whatever travel all through the audience and dig whatever its like out there. – Bill Kreutzmann
At first I missed it, but it was the amazing energy thing that happened during shows, when a lot of people were like Yay Yay Yeah! I missed that for a while. But I dont miss the regular and the business side of that whole thing. – Bill Kreutzmann