The Grateful Dead were an influence on our music but they weren't by a long shot the biggest influence.
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.
When I go on stage man I just want people to have fun, I don't want people to think about their problems, I want people to get energy and nutrition and food from that so they can go back into the real world and work on their problems.
But I do think that we approach music, in of itself, with a religious attitude.
Led Zeppelin was pretty much what made me pick up drum sticks.