We play at the religious services of the new age. Everybody gets high, and that’s what it’s all about really.
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.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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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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It’s pretty clear now that what looked like it might have been some kind of counterculture is, in reality, just the plain old chaos of undifferentiated weirdness.
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In this universe the top end is light and the bottom end is real hard stuff.
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Every silver lining has a touch of grey.
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An organism that survives well, there is really no need for consciousness in there.
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American society has gone completely into denial.
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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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There’s a need for a ritual and for real joy and real bliss. Real fun.
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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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To get really high is to forget yourself. And to forget yourself is to see everything else. And to see everything else is to become an understanding molecule in evolution, a conscious tool of the universe.
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The pursuit of happiness is an overview kind of thing. It’s not in the Bill of Rights.
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The great thing is the thing of being able to see things through many points of view. That’s enlarging.
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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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I don’t know why, it’s the same reason why you like some music and you don’t like others. There’s something about it that you like. Ultimately I don’t find it’s in my best interests to try and analyze it, since it’s fundamentally emotional.
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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.
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