The dialect part of it comes into play, but nothing like the differentiation that language sets up, for example.
JERRY GARCIAWe’re involved in a society which is undergoing some really weird changes now.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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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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An organism that survives well, there is really no need for consciousness in there.
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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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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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The context has to come from the human first, rather than bits and pieces of fragments of old religion and all of the old moral superstructure, whatever it used to be.
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Magic is what we do, music is how we do it.
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See, there’s only two theaters, man that are set up pretty groovy all around for music and for smooth stage changes, good lighting and all that – the Fillmore and The Capitol Theatre. And those are the only two in the whole country.
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Nobody stopped thinking about those psychedelic experiences. Once you’ve been to some of those places, you think, ‘How can I get back there again but make it a little easier on myself?’
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If you’re able to enjoy something, to devote your life to it or a reasonable amount of time and energy, it will work out for you.
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If you go into a complete, like a cyberspace model of some type, in which… you know the discussion about the mind and the interaction between the mind and the universe as a holographic phenomenon.
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Run faster, jump higher, reach farther, and you’ll always win!
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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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Nothing left to do but smile.
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What we need is something, a definition of a human, starting from the ground up, so that the suitable moral structure that goes around it makes sense.
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In my own musical existence I don’t feel that being a guitar player is like the best thing on earth to be. I would rather be a balanced musician.
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The implications, to me, are immense. I mean, how far can it go?
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You can’t repeat things because each time is different. The universe has changed. Everything has changed.
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I Don’t Think There’s A Good Excuse For Being Unhappy. I’m Not Particularly Unhappy, But I Know What Pain Is. I think That Life Is Characterized By Pain.
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… Grateful Dead – that’s it !! … nobody in the band liked it, (the name) I didn’t like it, either, but it got around that that was one of the candidates for our new name, and everyone else said, ‘Yeah, that’s great.’
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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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We would all like to be able to live an uncluttered life, a simple life, a good life.
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We are experiencing a real confusion here in the United States, you know. Why is it OK to drink, but it’s not OK to take drugs?
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Whistle through your teeth and spit cuz, it’s Alright
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Truth is something you stumble into when you think you’re going someplace else.
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Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul.
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If the thunder don’t get ya then the lightning will.
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