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.
JERRY GARCIAWhat 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.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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I mean, whatever kills you kills you, and your death is authentic no matter how you die.
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If something doesn’t work, it becomes obvious immediately. This just isn’t going to work.
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What a long strange trip it’s been.
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Everything is traditionally slow – much faster than it ever has been on earth but still far, far too slow.
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I’m goin’ where the wind don’t blow so strange, maybe off on some high cold mountain chain.
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We need magic, and bliss, and power, myth, and celebration and religion in our lives, and music is a good way to encapsulate a lot of it.
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Every silver lining has a touch of grey.
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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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Partly. Part Of The Way You Can Tell You’re Alive Is By How Much Pain You’re Experiencing, Or How Little.
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There is some art that says the same thing to everybody. WE need something like that. What that is, I don’t know. But virtual reality may be the key to it.
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I know what I’m askin’. I know it’s a lot. Just to say that I love you. Believe it or not.
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What’s been great about the human race gives you a sense of how great you might get, how far you can reach.
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I think that the revolution in music is over, and what’s left is a mop-up action. It’s a matter of the news getting out to everybody else.
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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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All I know is, if you listen to society, you’ll never get anywhere!
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