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.
JERRY GARCIAWhat 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.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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The implications, to me, are immense. I mean, how far can it go?
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You have to get past the idea that music has to be one thing.
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Cats on the bandstand, give them each a big hand, anyone who sweats like that must be all right.
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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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The context has to come from the human first, rather than bits and pieces of fragments of old religion and all of the old moral superstructure, whatever it used to be.
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If something doesn’t work, it becomes obvious immediately. This just isn’t going to work.
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Truth is something you stumble into when you think you’re going someplace else.
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Playing in a group, I’m tending to think more about the music and less about the guitar. That’s just me getting older. I’m not interested in being a virtuoso guitar player or anything like that.
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It’s a joke. Greed and the desire to take drugs are two separate things.
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What’s been great about the human race gives you a sense of how great you might get, how far you can reach.
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We would all like to be able to live an uncluttered life, a simple life, a good life.
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What we’re thinking about is a peaceful planet. We’re not thinking about anything else.
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For me, I think the only danger is being too much in love with guitar playing. The MUSIC is the most important thing, and the guitar is only the instrument.
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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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What a long strange trip it’s been.
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