Magic is what we do, music is how we do it.
JERRY GARCIAWhat we’re thinking about is a peaceful planet. We’re not thinking about anything else.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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Too much of a good thing is just about right
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Whistle through your teeth and spit cuz, it’s Alright
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You ain’t gonna learn what you don’t wanna know.
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We’re like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice.
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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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It’s a joke. Greed and the desire to take drugs are two separate things.
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Music is more objective, I think, than a lot of art is, but a surprising amount of it is cultural.
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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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America is still mostly xenophobic and racist. That’s the nature of America, I think.
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Truth is something you stumble into when you think you’re going someplace else.
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And when you don’t have to talk to the person next to you, that’s real clean. Takes a certain thing not to try to keep anything up, not to have to entertain one another.
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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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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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There’s a lot there to enlarge you. That’s part of the value of being in an extended family is that it enlarges you. It makes you bigger. It makes you more.
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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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