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.
JERRY GARCIASomebody has to do something, and it’s just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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If you think of music as a universal language, it still has some very powerful dialects.
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Somebody has to do something, and it’s just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.
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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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Too much of a good thing is just about right
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Listening. That’s what music is about. You hear it. And I’d listen to it and something would move me one way or another; and I would try and play it.
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There’s a need for a ritual and for real joy and real bliss. Real fun.
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Partly. Part Of The Way You Can Tell You’re Alive Is By How Much Pain You’re Experiencing, Or How Little.
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All I know is, if you listen to society, you’ll never get anywhere!
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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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How many Beethovens are there that just for lack of the training, the world doesn’t get exposed to.
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In folk music, I’ve always been fond of the fragment. The song that has one verse. And you don’t know anything about the characters, you don’t know what they’re doing, but they’re doing something important. I love that. I’m really a sucker for that kind of song.
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The implications, to me, are immense. I mean, how far can it go?
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The satisfaction of producing a work of art is the thing of getting off on it on some level.
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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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Truth is something you stumble into when you think you’re going someplace else.
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