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America is still mostly xenophobic and racist. That’s the nature of America, I think.

Jerry Garcia

We were just in line to see what was going to happen.
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Going Happen Just Line See Were
It’s much too late to do anything about rock & roll now.
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Alte Anything Much Rock Too
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
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
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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Blah Confuse Contradictory Crime Criminality Make Really Sense
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
… 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
Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.
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Choose Constant Evil Lesser Still Two
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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Any Kind Power Revolution Struggle Think Want War
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
Truth is something you stumble into when you think you’re going someplace else.
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Go Someplace Something Stumble Think Truth
You have to get past the idea that music has to be one thing.
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Get Idea Music One Past Thing
The result, I think, is pretty interesting … we don’t expect to make a fortune at it or ever be popular or famous or worshipped or hit The Ed Sullivan Show or the circuses or the big top.
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Big Circus Ever Expect Famous Fortune Interest Popular Pretty Result Show Sullivan Top Worship
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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Campbell Music Need One Probably Question Ritual Those
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
People may need something to celebrate. They need a context in which to celebrate things. They need something that fills the void that’s left by the bankruptcy of religion and so forth.
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Bankrupt Celebrate Context Religion Something

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