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Playing in a group, I’m tending to think more about the music and less about the guitar. That’s just me getting older. I’m not interested in being a virtuoso guitar player or anything like that.

Jerry Garcia

As long as we can play, we’ll play, regardless of what it’s for, who it’s for or anything. It’s fun for us – that’s the important thing.
JERRY GARCIA

Anything Except Fun Important Long Play Regard Regardless Thing
I think that America is in danger of losing its adventurous spirit in the cause of some kind of illusion of safety, or substitute of law and order there.
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Adventurous Cause Country Danger Illusion Kind Law Lose Order Some Spirit Substitute Think
You need music, I don’t know why. It’s probably one of those Joe Campbell questions, why we need ritual.
JERRY GARCIA

Campbell Music Need One Probably Question Ritual Those
The context has to come from the human first, rather than bits and pieces of fragments of old religion and all of the old moral superstructure, whatever it used to be.
JERRY GARCIA

Bit Context First Fragment Human Moral Piece Rather Religion Superstructural
I know when it happens. I know it when it happens every time.
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Every Know Time When Happen
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.
JERRY GARCIA

Being Bigger Enlarge Make More Part Value
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
The bigger issue, was the whole takeover of the food industry by big corporations.
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Big Biggest Corporation Food Industry Issue Takeover Whole
Listening. That’s what music is about. You hear it. And I’d listen to it and something would move me one way or another; and I would try and play it.
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Listen Music What
I like all the kinds of music I’ve been into. I’m certainly not a purist in that I will only play country licks in a country song or blues licks in blues stuff.
JERRY GARCIA

Blue Certainty Country Kind Like Link Music Only Play Purist Stuff
We’re like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice.
JERRY GARCIA

Everybody Licorice Like People Really
I mean, it saves you from ultimately from the boredom of having one point of view, like being locked in a room with nothing but your own point of view, your own references.
JERRY GARCIA

Boredom Lock Nothing Point Reference Room Save Ultimately View
I know what I’m askin’. I know it’s a lot. Just to say that I love you. Believe it or not.
JERRY GARCIA

Askin Believe Know Lot Love
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
Sometimes the lights all shining on me, other times I can barely see. Lately it occurs to me what a long strange trip it’s been.
JERRY GARCIA

Barely Lately Light Long Occur Other See Shine Sometimes Strange Trip
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

Playing in a group, I’m tending to think more about the music and less about the guitar. That’s just me getting older. I’m not interested in being a virtuoso guitar player or anything like that.

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