Magic is what we do, music is how we do it.
JERRY GARCIACats on the bandstand, give them each a big hand, anyone who sweats like that must be all right.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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It turned out to be tremendously lucky. It’s just repellent enough to filter curious onlookers and just quirky enough that parents don’t like it.
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The thing about music is that nobody listens to it unless it’s real. I don’t think that you can fool anybody for too long in music. And you certainly can’t fool everybody.
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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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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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Nothing left to do but smile.
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We need magic, and bliss, and power, myth, and celebration and religion in our lives, and music is a good way to encapsulate a lot of it.
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It’s not enough to be the best at what you do. You must be perceived as the only one who does what you do.
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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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It’s a joke. Greed and the desire to take drugs are two separate things.
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Whistle through your teeth and spit cuz, it’s Alright
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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.
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You ain’t gonna learn what you don’t wanna know.
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If the thunder don’t get ya then the lightning will.
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Run faster, jump higher, reach farther, and you’ll always win! live life expecting the worst, hoping for the best, and living for the future!
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Every silver lining has a touch of grey.
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