Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.
JERRY GARCIAIn 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.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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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.
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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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Whistle through your teeth and spit cuz, it’s Alright
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It’s much too late to do anything about rock & roll now.
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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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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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I mean, whatever kills you kills you, and your death is authentic no matter how you die.
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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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And for me there’s still more material than 20 lifetimes that I can use up.
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Magic is what we do, music is how we do it.
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Blah, blah, blah. What’s a crime? What’s criminality? What can you do, what can’t you do, and so forth. All these things are really confusing. A lot of it is really contradictory; it doesn’t really make sense.
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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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All I know is, if you listen to society, you’ll never get anywhere!
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I mean, just because you’re a musician doesn’t mean all your ideas are about music.
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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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