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I like all the kinds of music I’ve been into. I’m certainly not a purist in that I will only play country licks in a country song or blues licks in blues stuff.

Jerry Garcia

What we need is something, a definition of a human, starting from the ground up, so that the suitable moral structure that goes around it makes sense.
JERRY GARCIA

Allow Alone Happen Intention Make No Something Sort Way
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.
JERRY GARCIA

Around Capitol Country Fillmore Grovy Man Pretty Smooth Stage Theatre Whole
Truth is something you stumble into when you think you’re going someplace else.
JERRY GARCIA

Go Someplace Something Stumble Think Truth
You have to get past the idea that music has to be one thing.
JERRY GARCIA

Get Idea Music One Past Thing
Sometimes the lights all shining on me, other times I can barely see. Lately it occurs to me what a long strange trip it’s been.
JERRY GARCIA

Barely Lately Light Long Occur Other See Shine Sometimes Strange Trip
What is life but being conscious? And good and evil are manifestations of consciousness. If you reject one, you’re not getting the whole thing that’s there to be had.
JERRY GARCIA

Consciousness Evil Get Good Life Manifestation Reject Try Whole
There is some art that says the same thing to everybody. WE need something like that. What that is, I don’t know. But virtual reality may be the key to it.
JERRY GARCIA

Everybody Key Need Reality Same Something Thing Virtual
I have always had this basic biological question in terms of evolution, if the drive to evolution is to like survive.
JERRY GARCIA

Biological Drive Evolution Question Survive Term
Right now, America is under the gun. It’s being tested and is being co-opted in a big way.
JERRY GARCIA

Being Big Coopted Country Gun Now Right Test Under Way
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.
JERRY GARCIA

Anything Get Guitar Less More Music Play Player Tend Think Virtuoso
It’s not enough to be the best at what you do. You must be perceived as the only one who does what you do.
JERRY GARCIA

Best Do Enough One Only Perceive What
How many Beethovens are there that just for lack of the training, the world doesn’t get exposed to.
JERRY GARCIA

Beethoven Expose Just Lack Training World
The thing I would like to be able to do is to make the music sound right no matter what it is. If somebody else wants to have a label for it, then that’s their business.
JERRY GARCIA

Able Business Else Label Make Matter Music Right Somebody Sound Thing
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.
JERRY GARCIA

Any Kind Power Revolution Struggle Think Want War
You don’t want to be the best at what you do, you want to be the only one.
JERRY GARCIA

Best One Only Want What
If the thunder don’t get ya then the lightning will.
JERRY GARCIA

Get Light Thunder Will

I like all the kinds of music I’ve been into. I’m certainly not a purist in that I will only play country licks in a country song or blues licks in blues stuff.

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