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.
JERRY GARCIAA simple life, a good life. And think about moving the whole human race ahead a step, or a few steps.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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We were just in line to see what was going to happen.
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I mean, it saves you from ultimately from the boredom of having one point of view, like being locked in a room with nothing but your own point of view, your own references.
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And there’s a lot of that stuff with people bringing their kids, kids bringing their parents, people bringing their grandparents.
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A simple life, a good life. And think about moving the whole human race ahead a step, or a few steps.
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Truth is something you stumble into when you think you’re going someplace else.
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Some things may work, but they definitely won’t work every time. Some things may work at various times.
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If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously.
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Playing in a group, I’m tending to think more about the music and less about the guitar. That’s just me getting older. I’m not interested in being a virtuoso guitar player or anything like that.
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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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The dialect part of it comes into play, but nothing like the differentiation that language sets up, for example.
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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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Listening. That’s what music is about. You hear it. And I’d listen to it and something would move me one way or another; and I would try and play it.
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The implications, to me, are immense. I mean, how far can it go?
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Live life expecting the worst, hoping for the best, and living for the future!
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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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