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Jerry Garcia

The world that you can go walk outside and walk around the block. That’s reality. The reality that’s being talked about is something else entirely.
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Around Block Else Eternity Outside Reality Something Talk Walk
Nothing left to do but smile.
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But Do Left Nothing Smile
And when you don’t have to talk to the person next to you, that’s real clean. Takes a certain thing not to try to keep anything up, not to have to entertain one another.
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Clean Next Person Talk
What’s been great about the human race gives you a sense of how great you might get, how far you can reach.
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Get Great Human might Race Reach Sense
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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Black Buttermilk Deadhead Equate Licorice Like Many People Really
In folk music, I’ve always been fond of the fragment. The song that has one verse. And you don’t know anything about the characters, you don’t know what they’re doing, but they’re doing something important. I love that. I’m really a sucker for that kind of song.
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Always Anything Been Character Folk Fond Fragment Music One Song Verse
Truth is something you stumble into when you think you’re going someplace else.
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Go Someplace Something Stumble Think Truth
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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Age Everybody New Play Really Religious Service Thigh
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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Actual Carried Dance Get Happen High Listen Lot Politician Real Really Sweaty
To be alive in America is to hear all kinds of music constantly: radio, records, churches, cats on the street, everywhere music. And with records, the whole history of music is open to everyone who wants to hear it.
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Alive Cat Church Constant Country Everyone Hear History Kind Music Open Radio Record Street
Done time in the lock-up, done time on the streets. Done time on the upswing, and time in defeat.
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Defeat Done Lock Sone Stress Time Unswing Up
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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Able Adventure Being Country Dead Grateful Kind Large Out Represent Spirit Think
If you think of music as a universal language, it still has some very powerful dialects.
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Dialect Language Music Powerful Some Think Universal Very
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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Analyze Emotion Fundamental Interstm Try Know Music Some Something Ultimate
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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Barely Lately Light Long Occur Other See Shine Sometimes Strange Trip
Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul.
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Listen River Rock Sing Song Soul Sweet

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