You don’t want to be the best at what you do, you want to be the only one.
JERRY GARCIAIt’s not enough to be the best at what you do. You must be perceived as the only one who does what you do.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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I think that America is in danger of losing its adventurous spirit in the cause of some kind of illusion of safety, or substitute of law and order there.
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I know when it happens. I know it when it happens every time.
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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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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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You have to get past the idea that music has to be one thing.
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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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I mean, just because you’re a musician doesn’t mean all your ideas are about music.
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I’m trying to have a guitar built. What’s needed is better instruments, better amplifiers, better hardware for electric music to get better.
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Whistle through your teeth and spit cuz, it’s Alright
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In folk music, I’ve always been fond of the fragment. The song that has one verse. And you don’t know anything about the characters, you don’t know what they’re doing, but they’re doing something important. I love that. I’m really a sucker for that kind of song.
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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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What we’re thinking about is a peaceful planet. We’re not thinking about anything else.
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Run faster, jump higher, reach farther, and you’ll always win! live life expecting the worst, hoping for the best, and living for the future!
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The implications, to me, are immense. I mean, how far can it go?
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The bigger issue, was the whole takeover of the food industry by big corporations.
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