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If the thunder don’t get ya then the lightning will.

Jerry Garcia

… 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.’
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Around Band Candidate Dead Everyone Grateful Great Like New Nobody Our Say
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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Able Adventure Being Country Dead Grateful Kind Large Out Represent Spirit Think
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.
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Always Anything Been Character Folk Fond Fragment Music One Song Verse
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.
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Before Dead Essential Grateful Language Music Play Religious Service Talk Whole Spiritual
I have always had this basic biological question in terms of evolution, if the drive to evolution is to like survive.
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Biological Drive Evolution Question Survive Term
I’ll try any guitar just to see if it’s different in an effort to see if it will lead me anywhere.
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Anywhere Different Effort Guitar Just Lead See Try
Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul.
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Listen River Rock Sing Song Soul Sweet
How many Beethovens are there that just for lack of the training, the world doesn’t get exposed to.
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Beethoven Expose Just Lack Training World
I know when it happens. I know it when it happens every time.
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Every Know Time When Happen
Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.
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Choose Constant Evil Lesser Still Two
The nature of what we’re doing is something, which is by its very nature, is non-formulaic.
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Do Gformulate Nature Non Something
I Don’t Think There’s A Good Excuse For Being Unhappy. I’m Not Particularly Unhappy, But I Know What Pain Is. I think That Life Is Characterized By Pain.
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Characterized Excuse Good Know Life Pain Particularly Think Unhappy
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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Best Do Enough One Only Perceive What
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?’
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Again Easier Experience Myself Nobody Place Psychedelic Some Stop
What is life but being conscious? And good and evil are manifestations of consciousness. If you reject one, you’re not getting the whole thing that’s there to be had.
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Consciousness Evil Get Good Life Manifestation Reject Try Whole
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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All Anything Assume Dynamic Learn Life Play Reason

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