In 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.
JERRY GARCIAThere’s a need for a ritual and for real joy and real bliss. Real fun.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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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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There is some art that says the same thing to everybody. WE need something like that. What that is, I don’t know. But virtual reality may be the key to it.
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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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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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If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously.
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The implications, to me, are immense. I mean, how far can it go?
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We didn’t invent the Grateful Dead, the crowd invented the Grateful Dead.
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We have quite a large area, and that makes it more fun for us – certainly more satisfying, because it doesn’t restrict us to one particular idea or one particular style.
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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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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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Music goes way back before language does. And music is like the key to a whole spiritual existence which this society doesn’t even talk about. We know it’s there.
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Playing in a group, I’m tending to think more about the music and less about the guitar. That’s just me getting older. I’m not interested in being a virtuoso guitar player or anything like that.
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Nobody wants to get hurt. Nobody wants to hurt anybody. We would all like to be able to live an uncluttered life.
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Live life expecting the worst, hoping for the best, and living for the future!
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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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