To get really high is to forget yourself. And to forget yourself is to see everything else. And to see everything else is to become an understanding molecule in evolution, a conscious tool of the universe.
JERRY GARCIALive life expecting the worst, hoping for the best, and living for the future!
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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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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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.
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If you’re able to enjoy something, to devote your life to it or a reasonable amount of time and energy, it will work out for you.
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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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Truth is something you stumble into when you think you’re going someplace else.
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You have to get past the idea that music has to be one thing.
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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.
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What a long strange trip it’s been.
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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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The Grateful Dead plays at religious services essentially.
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Nobody stopped thinking about those psychedelic experiences. Once you’ve been to some of those places, you think, ‘How can I get back there again but make it a little easier on myself?’
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I think The Grateful Dead kind of represents the spirit of being able to go out and have an adventure in America at large.
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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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You do not merely want to be considered just the best of the best. You want to be considered the only one who does what you do.
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I Don’t Think There’s A Good Excuse For Being Unhappy. I’m Not Particularly Unhappy, But I Know What Pain Is. I think That Life Is Characterized By Pain.
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