You have to get past the idea that music has to be one thing.
JERRY GARCIAWe would all like to be able to live an uncluttered life, a simple life, a good life.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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I read somewhere that 77 per cent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I’m more intrigued by the 23 per cent who are apparently doing quite well for themselves.
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As long as we can play, we’ll play, regardless of what it’s for, who it’s for or anything. It’s fun for us – that’s the important thing.
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To me, that’s the key thing, the pursuit of happiness. That’s the basic, ultimate freedom.
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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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I have always had this basic biological question in terms of evolution, if the drive to evolution is to like survive.
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How many Beethovens are there that just for lack of the training, the world doesn’t get exposed to.
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The thing about music is that nobody listens to it unless it’s real. I don’t think that you can fool anybody for too long in music. And you certainly can’t fool everybody.
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What’s been great about the human race gives you a sense of how great you might get, how far you can reach.
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I mean, it saves you from ultimately from the boredom of having one point of view, like being locked in a room with nothing but your own point of view, your own references.
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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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Done time in the lock-up, done time on the streets. Done time on the upswing, and time in defeat.
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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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The great thing is the thing of being able to see things through many points of view. That’s enlarging.
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If something doesn’t work, it becomes obvious immediately. This just isn’t going to work.
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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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