I think that America is in danger of losing its adventurous spirit in the cause of some kind of illusion of safety, or substitute of law and order there.
JERRY GARCIAI 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.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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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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I think it’s too bad that everybody’s decided to turn on drugs, I don’t think drugs are the problem.
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Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul.
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Whistle through your teeth and spit cuz, it’s Alright
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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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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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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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You need music, I don’t know why. It’s probably one of those Joe Campbell questions, why we need ritual.
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I mean, it’s gotten to be really stretched out now. It was never my intention to say, this is the demographics of our audience.
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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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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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I’m goin’ where the wind don’t blow so strange, maybe off on some high cold mountain chain.
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All I know is, if you listen to society, you’ll never get anywhere!
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Music goes way back before language does. And music is like the key to a whole spiritual existence which this society doesn’t even talk about. We know it’s there.
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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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