If you think of music as a universal language, it still has some very powerful dialects.
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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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.
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What we’re thinking about is a peaceful planet. We’re not thinking about anything else.
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It turned out to be tremendously lucky. It’s just repellent enough to filter curious onlookers and just quirky enough that parents don’t like it.
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I think it’s too bad that everybody’s decided to turn on drugs, I don’t think drugs are the problem.
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Whistle through your teeth and spit cuz, it’s Alright
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Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul.
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I’m trying to have a guitar built. What’s needed is better instruments, better amplifiers, better hardware for electric music to get better.
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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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Nothing left to do but smile.
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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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And as far as I’m concerned, it’s like I say, drugs are not the problem. Other stuff is the problem.
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So every once in a while I get an idea about plumbing, I get an idea about city government, and they come the way they come.
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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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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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Cats on the bandstand, give them each a big hand, anyone who sweats like that must be all right.
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For me, I think the only danger is being too much in love with guitar playing. The MUSIC is the most important thing, and the guitar is only the instrument.
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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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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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The bigger issue, was the whole takeover of the food industry by big corporations.
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We play at the religious services of the new age. Everybody gets high, and that’s what it’s all about really.
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The Grateful Dead plays at religious services essentially.
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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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Hunter can write a melody and stuff like that, but his forte is lyrics. He can write a serviceable melody to hang his lyrics on, and sometimes he comes up with something really nice.
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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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Run faster, jump higher, reach farther, and you’ll always win! live life expecting the worst, hoping for the best, and living for the future!
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