And as far as I’m concerned, it’s like I say, drugs are not the problem. Other stuff is the problem.
JERRY GARCIATo me, that’s the key thing, the pursuit of happiness. That’s the basic, ultimate freedom.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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The satisfaction of producing a work of art is the thing of getting off on it on some level.
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The thing about music is that nobody listens to it unless it’s real. I don’t think that you can fool anybody for too long in music. And you certainly can’t fool everybody.
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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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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.
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If the thunder don’t get ya then the lightning will.
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America is still mostly xenophobic and racist. That’s the nature of America, I think.
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We play at the religious services of the new age. Everybody gets high, and that’s what it’s all about really.
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Cats on the bandstand, give them each a big hand, anyone who sweats like that must be all right.
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Somebody has to do something, and it’s just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.
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And for me there’s still more material than 20 lifetimes that I can use up.
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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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Too much of a good thing is just about right
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I know when it happens. I know it when it happens every time.
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What a long strange trip it’s been.
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I think it’s too bad that everybody’s decided to turn on drugs, I don’t think drugs are the problem.
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