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.
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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If you are picking the lesser of two evils, you are still picking Evil.
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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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We’re like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice.
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It’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.
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The nature of what we’re doing is something, which is by its very nature, is non-formulaic.
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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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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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Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul.
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I think The Grateful Dead kind of represents the spirit of being able to go out and have an adventure in America at large.
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American society has gone completely into denial.
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As long as we can play, we’ll play, regardless of what it’s for, who it’s for or anything. It’s fun for us – that’s the important thing.
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If something doesn’t work, it becomes obvious immediately. This just isn’t going to work.
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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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The great thing is the thing of being able to see things through many points of view. That’s enlarging.
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We are experiencing a real confusion here in the United States, you know. Why is it OK to drink, but it’s not OK to take drugs?
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