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We like where we live and we wanna participate in our neighbourhoods and communities and stuff and try to- we're not like benevolent- it's pretty basic.

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Jon Fishman
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 19
Drummer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
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Madonna is a pro. I don't like her and have no respect for her but- I don't think she should be called a musician or a dancer or whatever you know, but I do have, well I do have respect for her ability to completely manipulate the media and have them work for her.
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Phish has never had anything to do with any trends at all in America.
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I mean people have compared us to like the Grateful Dead and all these like psychedelic sixties bands.
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