I think the Muslim religious is a little too tight. It doesn’t fit humans. Humans can’t possibly fit into it, so there are a lot of really unhappy people, terribly repressed.
JERRY GARCIAAnd there’s a lot of that stuff with people bringing their kids, kids bringing their parents, people bringing their grandparents.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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The bigger issue, was the whole takeover of the food industry by big corporations.
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America is still mostly xenophobic and racist. That’s the nature of America, I think.
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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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There’s a lot there to enlarge you. That’s part of the value of being in an extended family is that it enlarges you. It makes you bigger. It makes you more.
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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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American society has gone completely into denial.
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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.
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I know when it happens. I know it when it happens every time.
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I read somewhere that 77 per cent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I’m more intrigued by the 23 per cent who are apparently doing quite well for themselves.
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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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It’s not enough to be the best at what you do. You must be perceived as the only one who does what you do.
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Run faster, jump higher, reach farther, and you’ll always win!
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Nothing left to do but smile.
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All I know is, if you listen to society, you’ll never get anywhere!
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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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