What we’re thinking about is a peaceful planet. We’re not thinking about anything else.
JERRY GARCIAMusic goes way back before language does. And music is like the key to a whole spiritual existence which this society doesn’t even talk about. We know it’s there.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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We were very fortunate to have a a little time in history when LSD was still legal and were able to experiment with drugs just like we were doing with music.
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What we need is something, a definition of a human, starting from the ground up, so that the suitable moral structure that goes around it makes sense.
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Nothing left to do but smile.
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The thing about music is that nobody listens to it unless it’s real. I don’t think that you can fool anybody for too long in music. And you certainly can’t fool everybody.
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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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I mean, just because you’re a musician doesn’t mean all your ideas are about music.
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If something doesn’t work, it becomes obvious immediately. This just isn’t going to work.
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I read somewhere that 77 per cent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I’m more intrigued by the 23 per cent who are apparently doing quite well for themselves.
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If the thunder don’t get ya then the lightning will.
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Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul.
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You listen to a politician making a speech, and it is like hearing nothing. Whereas, music is unmistakably music.
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Partly. Part Of The Way You Can Tell You’re Alive Is By How Much Pain You’re Experiencing, Or How Little.
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What a long strange trip it’s been.
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It’s not enough to be the best at what you do. You must be perceived as the only one who does what you do.
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Whistle through your teeth and spit cuz, it’s Alright
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