America is still mostly xenophobic and racist. That’s the nature of America, I think.
JERRY GARCIAThe satisfaction of producing a work of art is the thing of getting off on it on some level.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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We’re not thinking about any kind of power. We’re not thinking about any kind of struggles. We’re not thinking about revolution or war or any of that. That’s not what we want.
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The bigger issue, was the whole takeover of the food industry by big corporations.
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I mean, it’s gotten to be really stretched out now. It was never my intention to say, this is the demographics of our audience.
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See, there’s only two theaters, man that are set up pretty groovy all around for music and for smooth stage changes, good lighting and all that – the Fillmore and The Capitol Theatre. And those are the only two in the whole country.
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If you are picking the lesser of two evils, you are still picking Evil.
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Blah, blah, blah. What’s a crime? What’s criminality? What can you do, what can’t you do, and so forth. All these things are really confusing. A lot of it is really contradictory; it doesn’t really make sense.
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You can’t repeat things because each time is different. The universe has changed. Everything has changed.
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It turned out to be tremendously lucky. It’s just repellent enough to filter curious onlookers and just quirky enough that parents don’t like it.
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I think it’s too bad that everybody’s decided to turn on drugs, I don’t think drugs are the problem.
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Done time in the lock-up, done time on the streets. Done time on the upswing, and time in defeat.
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Live life expecting the worst, hoping for the best, and living for the future!
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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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A simple life, a good life. And think about moving the whole human race ahead a step, or a few steps.
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To me, that’s the key thing, the pursuit of happiness. That’s the basic, ultimate freedom.
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You need music, I don’t know why. It’s probably one of those Joe Campbell questions, why we need ritual.
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