We play at the religious services of the new age. Everybody gets high, and that’s what it’s all about really.
JERRY GARCIAWe’re involved in a society which is undergoing some really weird changes now.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul.
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Somebody has to do something, and it’s just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.
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We’re not thinking about any kind of power. We’re not thinking about any kind of struggles. We’re not thinking about revolution or war or any of that. That’s not what we want.
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People may need something to celebrate. They need a context in which to celebrate things. They need something that fills the void that’s left by the bankruptcy of religion and so forth.
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I think that America is in danger of losing its adventurous spirit in the cause of some kind of illusion of safety, or substitute of law and order there.
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I know what I’m askin’. I know it’s a lot. Just to say that I love you. Believe it or not.
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You can’t repeat things because each time is different. The universe has changed. Everything has changed.
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The implications, to me, are immense. I mean, how far can it go?
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American society has gone completely into denial.
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What we’re thinking about is a peaceful planet. We’re not thinking about anything else.
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In my own musical existence I don’t feel that being a guitar player is like the best thing on earth to be. I would rather be a balanced musician.
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Music goes way back before language does. And music is like the key to a whole spiritual existence which this society doesn’t even talk about. We know it’s there.
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See, there’s only two theaters, man that are set up pretty groovy all around for music and for smooth stage changes, good lighting and all that – the Fillmore and The Capitol Theatre. And those are the only two in the whole country.
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We didn’t invent the Grateful Dead, the crowd invented the Grateful Dead.
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America is still mostly xenophobic and racist. That’s the nature of America, I think.
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