You have to be ready, and also you have to discard notions that are fondly held by a lot of musicians, about sequences and notes and about scales and musical systems as a whole. If you think of music as a language, the space part is where you throw out all the syntax.
JERRY GARCIA- 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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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.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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You have to be ready, and also you have to discard notions that are fondly held by a lot of musicians, about sequences and notes and about scales and musical systems as a whole. If you think of music as a language, the space part is where you throw out all the syntax.
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I’ll try any guitar just to see if it’s different in an effort to see if it will lead me anywhere.
JERRY GARCIAI’ll try any guitar just to see if it’s different in an effort to see if it will lead me anywhere.
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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.
JERRY GARCIAAnd 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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And there’s a lot of that stuff with people bringing their kids, kids bringing their parents, people bringing their grandparents.
JERRY GARCIAAnd there’s a lot of that stuff with people bringing their kids, kids bringing their parents, people bringing their grandparents.
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It’s a joke. Greed and the desire to take drugs are two separate things.
JERRY GARCIAIt’s a joke. Greed and the desire to take drugs are two separate things.
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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.
JERRY GARCIAIf 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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As long as we can play, we’ll play, regardless of what it’s for, who it’s for or anything. It’s fun for us – that’s the important thing.
JERRY GARCIAAs long as we can play, we’ll play, regardless of what it’s for, who it’s for or anything. It’s fun for us – that’s the important thing.
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Nothing left to do but smile.
JERRY GARCIANothing left to do but smile.
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Blah, blah, blah. What’s a crime? What’s criminality? What can you do, what can’t you do, and so forth. All these things are really confusing. A lot of it is really contradictory; it doesn’t really make sense.
JERRY GARCIABlah, blah, blah. What’s a crime? What’s criminality? What can you do, what can’t you do, and so forth. All these things are really confusing. A lot of it is really contradictory; it doesn’t really make sense.
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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.
JERRY GARCIASometimes 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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Truth is something you stumble into when you think you’re going someplace else.
JERRY GARCIATruth is something you stumble into when you think you’re going someplace else.
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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.
JERRY GARCIAThe 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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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.
JERRY GARCIAIn 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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We didn’t invent the Grateful Dead, the crowd invented the Grateful Dead.
JERRY GARCIAWe didn’t invent the Grateful Dead, the crowd invented the Grateful Dead.
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Somebody has to do something, and it’s just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.
JERRY GARCIASomebody has to do something, and it’s just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.
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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.
JERRY GARCIAA simple life, a good life. And think about moving the whole human race ahead a step, or a few steps.
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