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.
JERRY GARCIAEach person makes their own decision about what it is that is happening, whether they like it or don’t like it, whether they want to lend their energy to it or not or what, you know.
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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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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Every silver lining has a touch of grey.
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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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If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously.
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I know when it happens. I know it when it happens every time.
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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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And as far as I’m concerned, it’s like I say, drugs are not the problem. Other stuff is the problem.
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We’re involved in a society which is undergoing some really weird changes now.
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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?
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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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I’m goin’ where the wind don’t blow so strange, maybe off on some high cold mountain chain.
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The Grateful Dead plays at religious services essentially.
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Nobody stopped thinking about those psychedelic experiences. Once you’ve been to some of those places, you think, ‘How can I get back there again but make it a little easier on myself?’
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Whistle through your teeth and spit cuz, it’s Alright
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