It’s a joke. Greed and the desire to take drugs are two separate things.
JERRY GARCIA
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.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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It’s a joke. Greed and the desire to take drugs are two separate things.
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The nature of what we’re doing is something, which is by its very nature, is non-formulaic.
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Too much of a good thing is just about 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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Each person makes their own decision about what it is that is happening, whether they like it or don’t like it, whether they want to lend their energy to it or not or what, you know.
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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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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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You have to get past the idea that music has to be one thing.
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You do not merely want to be considered just the best of the best. You want to be considered the only one who does what you do.
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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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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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Truth is something you stumble into when you think you’re going someplace else.
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What we’re thinking about is a peaceful planet. We’re not thinking about anything else.
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People may need something to celebrate. They need a context in which to celebrate things. They need something that fills the void that’s left by the bankruptcy of religion and so forth.
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I mean, whatever kills you kills you, and your death is authentic no matter how you die.
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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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