You have to get past the idea that music has to be one thing.
JERRY GARCIAI think The Grateful Dead kind of represents the spirit of being able to go out and have an adventure in America at large.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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Magic is what we do, music is how we do it.
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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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All I know is, if you listen to society, you’ll never get anywhere!
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Some things may work, but they definitely won’t work every time. Some things may work at various times.
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People may need something to celebrate. They need a context in which to celebrate things. They need something that fills the void that’s left by the bankruptcy of religion and so forth.
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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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What a long strange trip it’s been.
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It doesn’t matter what their music is, you can find something that you can play together, with what their culture is.
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I have always had this basic biological question in terms of evolution, if the drive to evolution is to like survive.
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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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Right now, America is under the gun. It’s being tested and is being co-opted in a big way.
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The Grateful Dead plays at religious services essentially.
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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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Too much of a good thing is just about right
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The world that you can go walk outside and walk around the block. That’s reality. The reality that’s being talked about is something else entirely.
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