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.
JERRY GARCIAAmerica is still mostly xenophobic and racist. That’s the nature of America, I think.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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And when you don’t have to talk to the person next to you, that’s real clean. Takes a certain thing not to try to keep anything up, not to have to entertain one another.
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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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I mean, just because you’re a musician doesn’t mean all your ideas are about music.
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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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If you assume you haven’t learned anything yet, there’s no reason your playing can’t stay dynamic all your life.
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An organism that survives well, there is really no need for consciousness in there.
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I think the Muslim religious is a little too tight. It doesn’t fit humans. Humans can’t possibly fit into it, so there are a lot of really unhappy people, terribly repressed.
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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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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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We would all like to be able to live an uncluttered life, a simple life, a good life.
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Whistle through your teeth and spit cuz, it’s Alright
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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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It doesn’t matter what their music is, you can find something that you can play together, with what their culture is.
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Each person makes their own decision about what it is that is happening, whether they like it or don’t like it, whether they want to lend their energy to it or not or what, you know.
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The implications, to me, are immense. I mean, how far can it go?
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