To me, that’s the key thing, the pursuit of happiness. That’s the basic, ultimate freedom.
JERRY GARCIAAs 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.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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I’ll try any guitar just to see if it’s different in an effort to see if it will lead me anywhere.
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We didn’t invent the Grateful Dead, the crowd invented the Grateful Dead.
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You do not merely want to be considered just the best of the best. You want to be considered the only one who does what you do.
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Too much of a good thing is just about right
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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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We were just in line to see what was going to happen.
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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.
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Every silver lining has a touch of grey.
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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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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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Music is a universal language insofar as you don’t need to know anything else about a musician that you are playing with other than that they can play music.
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What a long strange trip it’s been.
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There’s a lot there to enlarge you. That’s part of the value of being in an extended family is that it enlarges you. It makes you bigger. It makes you more.
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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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I’m trying to have a guitar built. What’s needed is better instruments, better amplifiers, better hardware for electric music to get better.
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