I like all the kinds of music I’ve been into. I’m certainly not a purist in that I will only play country licks in a country song or blues licks in blues stuff.
JERRY GARCIAHunter can write a melody and stuff like that, but his forte is lyrics. He can write a serviceable melody to hang his lyrics on, and sometimes he comes up with something really nice.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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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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Whistle through your teeth and spit cuz, it’s Alright
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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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As 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.
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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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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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The implications, to me, are immense. I mean, how far can it go?
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The result, I think, is pretty interesting … we don’t expect to make a fortune at it or ever be popular or famous or worshipped or hit The Ed Sullivan Show or the circuses or the big top.
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Magic is what we do, music is how we do it.
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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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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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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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Run faster, jump higher, reach farther, and you’ll always win!
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We 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.
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Nothing left to do but smile.
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