You listen to a politician making a speech, and it is like hearing nothing. Whereas, music is unmistakably music.
JERRY GARCIAYou listen to a politician making a speech, and it is like hearing nothing. Whereas, music is unmistakably music.
JERRY GARCIASee, 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 GARCIAI’ll try any guitar just to see if it’s different in an effort to see if it will lead me anywhere.
JERRY GARCIAEverything is traditionally slow – much faster than it ever has been on earth but still far, far too slow.
JERRY GARCIAAmerica is still mostly xenophobic and racist. That’s the nature of America, I think.
JERRY GARCIAThere’s a need for a ritual and for real joy and real bliss. Real fun.
JERRY GARCIAIf the thunder don’t get ya then the lightning will.
JERRY GARCIAToo much of a good thing is just about right
JERRY GARCIAThe implications, to me, are immense. I mean, how far can it go?
JERRY GARCIAEverybody needs adventure, and everybody needs something to enlarge his or her lives.
JERRY GARCIAAn organism that survives well, there is really no need for consciousness in there.
JERRY GARCIANobody 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?’
JERRY GARCIATo be alive in America is to hear all kinds of music constantly: radio, records, churches, cats on the street, everywhere music. And with records, the whole history of music is open to everyone who wants to hear it.
JERRY GARCIAIt’s much too late to do anything about rock & roll now.
JERRY GARCIAIf 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.
JERRY GARCIAI 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.
JERRY GARCIA