We are experiencing a real confusion here in the United States, you know. Why is it OK to drink, but it’s not OK to take drugs?
JERRY GARCIASee, 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.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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We’re involved in a society which is undergoing some really weird changes now.
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I mean, it’s gotten to be really stretched out now. It was never my intention to say, this is the demographics of our audience.
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The satisfaction of producing a work of art is the thing of getting off on it on some level.
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You need music, I don’t know why. It’s probably one of those Joe Campbell questions, why we need ritual.
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A simple life, a good life. And think about moving the whole human race ahead a step, or a few steps.
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You listen to a politician making a speech, and it is like hearing nothing. Whereas, music is unmistakably music.
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And when you don’t have to talk to the person next to you, that’s real clean. Takes a certain thing not to try to keep anything up, not to have to entertain one another.
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Playing in a group, I’m tending to think more about the music and less about the guitar. That’s just me getting older. I’m not interested in being a virtuoso guitar player or anything like that.
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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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I mean, whatever kills you kills you, and your death is authentic no matter how you die.
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Some things may work, but they definitely won’t work every time. Some things may work at various times.
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It’s much too late to do anything about rock & roll now.
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Nothing left to do but smile.
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Music is more objective, I think, than a lot of art is, but a surprising amount of it is cultural.
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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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