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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.

Jerry Garcia

We were just in line to see what was going to happen.
JERRY GARCIA

Going Happen Just Line See Were
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.
JERRY GARCIA

Being Best Earth Existence Feel Guitar Like Musical Own Player Thing
Every silver lining has a touch of grey.
JERRY GARCIA

Ever Grey Line Silver Touch
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.
JERRY GARCIA

Alive Cat Church Constant Country Everyone Hear History Kind Music Open Radio Record Street
If you assume you haven’t learned anything yet, there’s no reason your playing can’t stay dynamic all your life.
JERRY GARCIA

All Anything Assume Dynamic Learn Life Play Reason
How many Beethovens are there that just for lack of the training, the world doesn’t get exposed to.
JERRY GARCIA

Beethoven Expose Just Lack Training World
The thing I would like to be able to do is to make the music sound right no matter what it is. If somebody else wants to have a label for it, then that’s their business.
JERRY GARCIA

Able Business Else Label Make Matter Music Right Somebody Sound Thing
… Grateful Dead – that’s it !! … nobody in the band liked it, (the name) I didn’t like it, either, but it got around that that was one of the candidates for our new name, and everyone else said, ‘Yeah, that’s great.’
JERRY GARCIA

Around Band Candidate Dead Everyone Grateful Great Like New Nobody Our Say
I think it’s too bad that everybody’s decided to turn on drugs, I don’t think drugs are the problem.
JERRY GARCIA

Cop Crime Decide Drug Everybody Just Money Problem Think
The thing about music is that nobody listens to it unless it’s real. I don’t think that you can fool anybody for too long in music. And you certainly can’t fool everybody.
JERRY GARCIA

Anybody Certainty Everybody Fool Listen Long Music Useless
If something doesn’t work, it becomes obvious immediately. This just isn’t going to work.
JERRY GARCIA

Go Immediately Obvious Something Work
The Grateful Dead plays at religious services essentially.
JERRY GARCIA

Daed Essentially Grateful Play Religious Service
Truth is something you stumble into when you think you’re going someplace else.
JERRY GARCIA

Go Someplace Something Stumble Think Truth
You have to get past the idea that music has to be one thing.
JERRY GARCIA

Get Idea Music One Past Thing
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.
JERRY GARCIA

Before Dead Essential Grateful Language Music Play Religious Service Talk Whole Spiritual
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.
JERRY GARCIA

Ball Character Need Nerve Quality Real Society Whatever

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