In my own musical existence I don’t feel that being a guitar player is like the best thing on earth to be. I would rather be a balanced musician.
JERRY GARCIAIn this universe the top end is light and the bottom end is real hard stuff.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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You don’t want to be the best at what you do, you want to be the only one.
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Somebody has to do something, and it’s just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.
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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.
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I think The Grateful Dead kind of represents the spirit of being able to go out and have an adventure in America at large.
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Nobody wants to get hurt. Nobody wants to hurt anybody. We would all like to be able to live an uncluttered life.
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The Grateful Dead plays at religious services essentially.
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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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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.
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If the thunder don’t get ya then the lightning will.
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Right now, America is under the gun. It’s being tested and is being co-opted in a big way.
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What a long strange trip it’s been.
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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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Too much of a good thing is just about right
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An organism that survives well, there is really no need for consciousness in there.
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