There’s a need for a ritual and for real joy and real bliss. Real fun.
JERRY GARCIAThere’s a need for a ritual and for real joy and real bliss. Real fun.
JERRY GARCIAGetting high is a lot more real than listening to a politician. You can think that getting high actually did happen – that you danced, and got sweaty, and carried on. It really did happen.
JERRY GARCIAIt’s a joke. Greed and the desire to take drugs are two separate things.
JERRY GARCIAI mean, just because you’re a musician doesn’t mean all your ideas are about music.
JERRY GARCIAI know what I’m askin’. I know it’s a lot. Just to say that I love you. Believe it or not.
JERRY GARCIAA simple life, a good life. And think about moving the whole human race ahead a step, or a few steps.
JERRY GARCIAIf you assume you haven’t learned anything yet, there’s no reason your playing can’t stay dynamic all your life.
JERRY GARCIARight now, America is under the gun. It’s being tested and is being co-opted in a big way.
JERRY GARCIAListening. That’s what music is about. You hear it. And I’d listen to it and something would move me one way or another; and I would try and play it.
JERRY GARCIAWhistle through your teeth and spit cuz, it’s Alright
JERRY GARCIANobody wants to get hurt. Nobody wants to hurt anybody. We would all like to be able to live an uncluttered life.
JERRY GARCIAWhat’s been great about the human race gives you a sense of how great you might get, how far you can reach.
JERRY GARCIAHunter can write a melody and stuff like that, but his forte is lyrics. He can write a serviceable melody to hang his lyrics on, and sometimes he comes up with something really nice.
JERRY GARCIAAll I know is, if you listen to society, you’ll never get anywhere!
JERRY GARCIAIt’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 GARCIAMusic is a universal language insofar as you don’t need to know anything else about a musician that you are playing with other than that they can play music.
JERRY GARCIA