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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.

Jerry Garcia

I think The Grateful Dead kind of represents the spirit of being able to go out and have an adventure in America at large.
JERRY GARCIA

Able Adventure Being Country Dead Grateful Kind Large Out Represent Spirit Think
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
An organism that survives well, there is really no need for consciousness in there.
JERRY GARCIA

Consciousness Need No Organism Really Survive
Partly. Part Of The Way You Can Tell You’re Alive Is By How Much Pain You’re Experiencing, Or How Little.
JERRY GARCIA

Alive Experience How Little Much Pain Part Partly Tell Way
Right now, America is under the gun. It’s being tested and is being co-opted in a big way.
JERRY GARCIA

Being Big Coopted Country Gun Now Right Test Under Way
In folk music, I’ve always been fond of the fragment. The song that has one verse. And you don’t know anything about the characters, you don’t know what they’re doing, but they’re doing something important. I love that. I’m really a sucker for that kind of song.
JERRY GARCIA

Always Anything Been Character Folk Fond Fragment Music One Song Verse
If the thunder don’t get ya then the lightning will.
JERRY GARCIA

Get Light Thunder Will
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.
JERRY GARCIA

Chaos Clear Counterculture Kind Look might Pretty Reality Some Undiferentiate Weirdness
And when you don’t have to talk to the person next to you, that’s real clean. Takes a certain thing not to try to keep anything up, not to have to entertain one another.
JERRY GARCIA

Clean Next Person Talk
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
What we’re thinking about is a peaceful planet. We’re not thinking about anything else.
JERRY GARCIA

Anything Else Peaceful Planet Think
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
Music is a universal language insofar as you don’t need to know anything else about a musician that you are playing with other than that they can play music.
JERRY GARCIA

Anything Else Insofar Language Music Musician Need Play Universal
Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.
JERRY GARCIA

Choose Constant Evil Lesser Still Two
Nobody stopped thinking about those psychedelic experiences. Once you’ve been to some of those places, you think, ‘How can I get back there again but make it a little easier on myself?’
JERRY GARCIA

Again Easier Experience Myself Nobody Place Psychedelic Some Stop
For me, I think the only danger is being too much in love with guitar playing. The MUSIC is the most important thing, and the guitar is only the instrument.
JERRY GARCIA

Danger Guitar Important Love Most Music Play Thing

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