We are experiencing a real confusion here in the United States, you know. Why is it OK to drink, but it’s not OK to take drugs?
JERRY GARCIAI think it’s too bad that everybody’s decided to turn on drugs, I don’t think drugs are the problem.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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If you think of music as a universal language, it still has some very powerful dialects.
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If the thunder don’t get ya then the lightning will.
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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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Now it has gotten a whole new leg. It has gotten a thing of being able to actually step in somebody’s reality and walk through it like they do, experience it the way they do, specifically.
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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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And when you don’t have to talk to the person next to you, that’s real clean. Takes a certain thing not to try to keep anything up, not to have to entertain one another.
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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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To me, that’s the key thing, the pursuit of happiness. That’s the basic, ultimate freedom.
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Nothing left to do but smile.
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If you assume you haven’t learned anything yet, there’s no reason your playing can’t stay dynamic all your life.
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The implications, to me, are immense. I mean, how far can it go?
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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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Everything is traditionally slow – much faster than it ever has been on earth but still far, far too slow.
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If something doesn’t work, it becomes obvious immediately. This just isn’t going to work.
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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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