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You listen to a politician making a speech, and it is like hearing nothing. Whereas, music is unmistakably music.

Jerry Garcia

Listening. That’s what music is about. You hear it. And I’d listen to it and something would move me one way or another; and I would try and play it.
JERRY GARCIA

Listen Music What
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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Drug Experiment Fortunate History Legal Little Music Time
An organism that survives well, there is really no need for consciousness in there.
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Consciousness Need No Organism Really Survive
Somebody has to do something, and it’s just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.
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Be Do Incredibly Just Pathetic Somebody Something
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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Before Dead Essential Grateful Language Music Play Religious Service Talk Whole Spiritual
To be alive in America is to hear all kinds of music constantly: radio, records, churches, cats on the street, everywhere music. And with records, the whole history of music is open to everyone who wants to hear it.
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Alive Cat Church Constant Country Everyone Hear History Kind Music Open Radio Record Street
I mean, just because you’re a musician doesn’t mean all your ideas are about music.
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Cities Government Mean
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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Around Capitol Country Fillmore Grovy Man Pretty Smooth Stage Theatre Whole
There’s a need for a ritual and for real joy and real bliss. Real fun.
JERRY GARCIA

Bliss Fun Joy Need Real Ritual
I mean, whatever kills you kills you, and your death is authentic no matter how you die.
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Authentic Death Die Kill Matter Mean
To me, that’s the key thing, the pursuit of happiness. That’s the basic, ultimate freedom.
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Basic Freedom Happiness Key Me Pursuit Thing Ultimate
Magic is what we do, music is how we do it.
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How Magic Music
America is still mostly xenophobic and racist. That’s the nature of America, I think.
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Country Mostly Nature Racist Still Think Xenophobic
The dialect part of it comes into play, but nothing like the differentiation that language sets up, for example.
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Come Dialect Differentiate Example Language Like Nothing Part Play Set
If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously.
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Ball Character Need Nerve Quality Real Society Whatever
I’ll try any guitar just to see if it’s different in an effort to see if it will lead me anywhere.
JERRY GARCIA

Anywhere Different Effort Guitar Just Lead See Try

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