Bill Kreutzmann Quotes & Sayings

“I've gone through guys who want to lay on their backs and play like they're full of themselves. You know, I don't care about posing. I mean look at me, do I care about posing?”

“Well, to tell you the straight honest truth, it was like a Grateful Dead cover band. I didn't feel - and nothing against the guys - I didn't feel that they were opening up like they should. I'll tell you what, with guitar players, Steven has what I like in guitar players.”

“I'm really thankful and complimented when people come to me and say, thank you for the great times for all these years. But I don't think about it as being a leader.”

“I saw a drummer play once when I was a kid and I thought, that's really cool. You know, you're moving. You're using your arms and fingers. So I tried it and I loved it.”

“I am just a guy who plays drums.”

“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 it's like out there.”

“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.”

“It's not the same without Jerry. It never will be.”

“No matter how nice a hotel is, it's not home.”

“When Garcia died, and I decided not to play, I came out here.”