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Done time in the lock-up, done time on the streets. Done time on the upswing, and time in defeat.

Jerry Garcia

You have to get past the idea that music has to be one thing.
JERRY GARCIA

Get Idea Music One Past Thing
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.
JERRY GARCIA

Anybody Certainty Everybody Fool Listen Long Music Useless
It doesn’t matter what their music is, you can find something that you can play together, with what their culture is.
JERRY GARCIA

Culture Matter Music Play Something Together
We play at the religious services of the new age. Everybody gets high, and that’s what it’s all about really.
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Age Everybody New Play Really Religious Service Thigh
In my own musical existence I don’t feel that being a guitar player is like the best thing on earth to be. I would rather be a balanced musician.
JERRY GARCIA

Being Best Earth Existence Feel Guitar Like Musical Own Player Thing
To be alive in America is to hear all kinds of music constantly: radio, records, churches, cats on the street, everywhere music. And with records, the whole history of music is open to everyone who wants to hear it.
JERRY GARCIA

Alive Cat Church Constant Country Everyone Hear History Kind Music Open Radio Record Street
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.
JERRY GARCIA

Bankrupt Celebrate Context Religion Something
It’s much too late to do anything about rock & roll now.
JERRY GARCIA

Alte Anything Much Rock Too
For me, the lame part of the Sixties was the political part, the social part. The real part was the spiritual part.
JERRY GARCIA

Apart Cities Lame Part Political Real Social
What a long strange trip it’s been.
JERRY GARCIA

Beem Long Strange Trip
I think the Muslim religious is a little too tight. It doesn’t fit humans. Humans can’t possibly fit into it, so there are a lot of really unhappy people, terribly repressed.
JERRY GARCIA

Human Light Little People Possibly Religious Repress Unhappy
We have quite a large area, and that makes it more fun for us – certainly more satisfying, because it doesn’t restrict us to one particular idea or one particular style.
JERRY GARCIA

Area Certainly Fun Idea Large More Particular Quite Restrict Satisfy Style
The Grateful Dead plays at religious services essentially.
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Daed Essentially Grateful Play Religious Service
If you assume you haven’t learned anything yet, there’s no reason your playing can’t stay dynamic all your life.
JERRY GARCIA

All Anything Assume Dynamic Learn Life Play Reason
I mean, just because you’re a musician doesn’t mean all your ideas are about music.
JERRY GARCIA

Cities Government Mean
I’ll try any guitar just to see if it’s different in an effort to see if it will lead me anywhere.
JERRY GARCIA

Anywhere Different Effort Guitar Just Lead See Try

Done time in the lock-up, done time on the streets. Done time on the upswing, and time in defeat.

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