Hunter can write a melody and stuff like that, but his forte is lyrics. He can write a serviceable melody to hang his lyrics on, and sometimes he comes up with something really nice.
JERRY GARCIARight now, America is under the gun. It’s being tested and is being co-opted in a big way.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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There’s a need for a ritual and for real joy and real bliss. Real fun.
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American society has gone completely into denial.
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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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Cats on the bandstand, give them each a big hand, anyone who sweats like that must be all right.
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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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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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It’s much too late to do anything about rock & roll now.
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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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It doesn’t matter what their music is, you can find something that you can play together, with what their culture is.
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To me, that’s the key thing, the pursuit of happiness. That’s the basic, ultimate freedom.
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The thing I would like to be able to do is to make the music sound right no matter what it is. If somebody else wants to have a label for it, then that’s their business.
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Run faster, jump higher, reach farther, and you’ll always win!
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All I know is, if you listen to society, you’ll never get anywhere!
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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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I know what I’m askin’. I know it’s a lot. Just to say that I love you. Believe it or not.
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