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 GARCIACats on the bandstand, give them each a big hand, anyone who sweats like that must be all right.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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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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Magic is what we do, music is how we do it.
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Whistle through your teeth and spit cuz, it’s Alright
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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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How many Beethovens are there that just for lack of the training, the world doesn’t get exposed to.
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The satisfaction of producing a work of art is the thing of getting off on it on some level.
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I mean, just because you’re a musician doesn’t mean all your ideas are about music.
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All I know is, if you listen to society, you’ll never get anywhere!
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The pursuit of happiness is an overview kind of thing. It’s not in the Bill of Rights.
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Music is more objective, I think, than a lot of art is, but a surprising amount of it is cultural.
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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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I equate Deadheads to people that like black licorice. There aren’t many people that like black licorice, but the ones that do, REALLY REALLY like it! Or buttermilk, or whatever.
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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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The thing of being able to share somebody’s reality, which has so far been a matter of what communication is about, you know.
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To get really high is to forget yourself. And to forget yourself is to see everything else. And to see everything else is to become an understanding molecule in evolution, a conscious tool of the universe.
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