For me, the lame part of the Sixties was the political part, the social part. The real part was the spiritual part.
JERRY GARCIAFor me, the lame part of the Sixties was the political part, the social part. The real part was the spiritual part.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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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.
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Truth is something you stumble into when you think you’re going someplace 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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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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The satisfaction of producing a work of art is the thing of getting off on it on some level.
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What’s been great about the human race gives you a sense of how great you might get, how far you can reach.
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Magic is what we do, music is how we do it.
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Playing in a group, I’m tending to think more about the music and less about the guitar. That’s just me getting older. I’m not interested in being a virtuoso guitar player or anything like that.
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What a long strange trip it’s been.
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I think The Grateful Dead kind of represents the spirit of being able to go out and have an adventure in America at large.
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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.
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Run faster, jump higher, reach farther, and you’ll always win!
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You listen to a politician making a speech, and it is like hearing nothing. Whereas, music is unmistakably music.
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The Grateful Dead plays at religious services essentially.
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Live life expecting the worst, hoping for the best, and living for the future!
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