How many Beethovens are there that just for lack of the training, the world doesn’t get exposed to.
JERRY GARCIAMusic is more objective, I think, than a lot of art is, but a surprising amount of it is cultural.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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We have quite a large area, and that makes it more fun for us – certainly more satisfying, because it doesn’t restrict us to one particular idea or one particular style.
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You listen to a politician making a speech, and it is like hearing nothing. Whereas, music is unmistakably music.
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The pursuit of happiness is an overview kind of thing. It’s not in the Bill of Rights.
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I read somewhere that 77 per cent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I’m more intrigued by the 23 per cent who are apparently doing quite well for themselves.
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What we’re thinking about is a peaceful planet. We’re not thinking about anything else.
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Every silver lining has a touch of grey.
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The great thing is the thing of being able to see things through many points of view. That’s enlarging.
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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 know when it happens. I know it when it happens every time.
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You need music, I don’t know why. It’s probably one of those Joe Campbell questions, why we need ritual.
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Too much of a good thing is just about right
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The Grateful Dead plays at religious services essentially.
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If something doesn’t work, it becomes obvious immediately. This just isn’t going to work.
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Getting high is a lot more real than listening to a politician. You can think that getting high actually did happen – that you danced, and got sweaty, and carried on. It really did happen.
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Music is more objective, I think, than a lot of art is, but a surprising amount of it is cultural.
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