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.
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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We need magic, and bliss, and power, myth, and celebration and religion in our lives, and music is a good way to encapsulate a lot of it.
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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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What we’re thinking about is a peaceful planet. We’re not thinking about anything else.
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There’s a need for a ritual and for real joy and real bliss. Real fun.
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We have quite a large area, and that makes it more fun for us – certainly more satisfying, because it doesn’t restrict us to one particular idea or one particular style.
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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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Magic is what we do, music is how we do it.
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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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The nature of what we’re doing is something, which is by its very nature, is non-formulaic.
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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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In this universe the top end is light and the bottom end is real hard stuff.
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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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We’re like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice.
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Each person makes their own decision about what it is that is happening, whether they like it or don’t like it, whether they want to lend their energy to it or not or what, you know.
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Nobody wants to get hurt. Nobody wants to hurt anybody. We would all like to be able to live an uncluttered life.
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