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.
JERRY GARCIAIt’s pretty clear now that what looked like it might have been some kind of counterculture is, in reality, just the plain old chaos of undifferentiated weirdness.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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Every silver lining has a touch of grey.
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We’re involved in a society which is undergoing some really weird changes now.
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It’s a joke. Greed and the desire to take drugs are two separate things.
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We’re like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice.
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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 bigger issue, was the whole takeover of the food industry by big corporations.
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Sometimes the lights all shining on me, other times I can barely see. Lately it occurs to me what a long strange trip it’s been.
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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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I think that America is in danger of losing its adventurous spirit in the cause of some kind of illusion of safety, or substitute of law and order there.
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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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You can’t repeat things because each time is different. The universe has changed. Everything has changed.
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We would all like to be able to live an uncluttered life, a simple life, a good life.
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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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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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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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