The thing of being able to share somebody’s reality, which has so far been a matter of what communication is about, you know.
JERRY GARCIAWhistle through your teeth and spit cuz, it’s Alright
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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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.
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We were just in line to see what was going to happen.
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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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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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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.
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Right now, America is under the gun. It’s being tested and is being co-opted in a big way.
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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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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.
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Run faster, jump higher, reach farther, and you’ll always win! live life expecting the worst, hoping for the best, and living for the future!
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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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You can’t repeat things because each time is different. The universe has changed. Everything has changed.
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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.
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I know when it happens. I know it when it happens every time.
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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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I’m trying to have a guitar built. What’s needed is better instruments, better amplifiers, better hardware for electric music to get better.
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