See, there’s only two theaters, man that are set up pretty groovy all around for music and for smooth stage changes, good lighting and all that – the Fillmore and The Capitol Theatre. And those are the only two in the whole country.
JERRY GARCIAWhat’s been great about the human race gives you a sense of how great you might get, how far you can reach.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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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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I mean, it’s gotten to be really stretched out now. It was never my intention to say, this is the demographics of our audience.
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And as far as I’m concerned, it’s like I say, drugs are not the problem. Other stuff is the problem.
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What is life but being conscious? And good and evil are manifestations of consciousness. If you reject one, you’re not getting the whole thing that’s there to be had.
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And for me there’s still more material than 20 lifetimes that I can use up.
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The bigger issue, was the whole takeover of the food industry by big corporations.
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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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We didn’t invent the Grateful Dead, the crowd invented the Grateful Dead.
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Nobody stopped thinking about those psychedelic experiences. Once you’ve been to some of those places, you think, ‘How can I get back there again but make it a little easier on myself?’
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The Grateful Dead plays at religious services essentially.
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I like all the kinds of music I’ve been into. I’m certainly not a purist in that I will only play country licks in a country song or blues licks in blues stuff.
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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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Music is more objective, I think, than a lot of art is, but a surprising amount of it is cultural.
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To be alive in America is to hear all kinds of music constantly: radio, records, churches, cats on the street, everywhere music. And with records, the whole history of music is open to everyone who wants to hear it.
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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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