What we’re thinking about is a peaceful planet. We’re not thinking about anything else.
JERRY GARCIAWe were very fortunate to have a a little time in history when LSD was still legal and were able to experiment with drugs just like we were doing with music.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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America is still mostly xenophobic and racist. That’s the nature of America, I think.
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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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I think The Grateful Dead kind of represents the spirit of being able to go out and have an adventure in America at large.
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I equate Deadheads to people that like black licorice. There aren’t many people that like black licorice, but the ones that do, REALLY REALLY like it! Or buttermilk, or whatever.
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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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Live life expecting the worst, hoping for the best, and living for the future!
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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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Right now, America is under the gun. It’s being tested and is being co-opted in a big way.
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What a long strange trip it’s been.
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The thing I would like to be able to do is to make the music sound right no matter what it is. If somebody else wants to have a label for it, then that’s their business.
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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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I’m goin’ where the wind don’t blow so strange, maybe off on some high cold mountain chain.
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An organism that survives well, there is really no need for consciousness in there.
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If the thunder don’t get ya then the lightning will.
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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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