My dad loved black singers. So listening to New Orleans music, eventually I wanted to play an instrument. – Bill Kreutzmann
Im really thankful and complimented when people come to me and say, thank you for the great times for all these years. But I dont think about it as being a leader. – Bill Kreutzmann
I made that decision back in 1985. I was out here getting certified in SCUBA with Garcia in Kona and I thought to myself, this is a place to wake up in in the morning. – 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
My dad was the district attorney of New Orleans for about 30 years. And when he opened his campaign headquarters back in the early 70s, when I was 5 years old, my mother wanted me to play the national anthem. And they got an upright piano on the back of a flatbed truck and I played it. – Harry Connick, Jr.