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 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.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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Cats on the bandstand, give them each a big hand, anyone who sweats like that must be all right.
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The world that you can go walk outside and walk around the block. That’s reality. The reality that’s being talked about is something else entirely.
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We would all like to be able to live an uncluttered life, a simple life, a good life.
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The thing of being able to share somebody’s reality, which has so far been a matter of what communication is about, you know.
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If you assume you haven’t learned anything yet, there’s no reason your playing can’t stay dynamic all your life.
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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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I don’t know why, it’s the same reason why you like some music and you don’t like others. There’s something about it that you like. Ultimately I don’t find it’s in my best interests to try and analyze it, since it’s fundamentally emotional.
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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 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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It’s much too late to do anything about rock & roll now.
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Too much of a good thing is just about right
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I equate Deadheads to people that like black licorice. There aren’t many people that like black licorice, but the ones that do, REALLY REALLY like it! Or buttermilk, or whatever.
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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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I think that the important changes have already happened, changes in consciousness. It’s mostly a matter of everything else catching up to that.
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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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