I know when it happens. I know it when it happens every time.
JERRY GARCIAMusic 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.
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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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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.
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Done time in the lock-up, done time on the streets. Done time on the upswing, and time in defeat.
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And there’s a lot of that stuff with people bringing their kids, kids bringing their parents, people bringing their grandparents.
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Nothing left to do but smile.
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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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If you’re able to enjoy something, to devote your life to it or a reasonable amount of time and energy, it will work out for you.
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There’s a need for a ritual and for real joy and real bliss. Real fun.
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What we’re thinking about is a peaceful planet. We’re not thinking about anything else.
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Everything is traditionally slow – much faster than it ever has been on earth but still far, far too slow.
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I don’t know why, it’s the same reason why you like some music and you don’t like others. There’s something about it that you like. Ultimately I don’t find it’s in my best interests to try and analyze it, since it’s fundamentally emotional.
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Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.
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If you go into a complete, like a cyberspace model of some type, in which… you know the discussion about the mind and the interaction between the mind and the universe as a holographic phenomenon.
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Some things may work, but they definitely won’t work every time. Some things may work at various times.
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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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