What a long strange trip it’s been.
JERRY GARCIAWhat a long strange trip it’s been.
JERRY GARCIAWe’re not thinking about any kind of power. We’re not thinking about any kind of struggles. We’re not thinking about revolution or war or any of that. That’s not what we want.
JERRY GARCIATo get really high is to forget yourself. And to forget yourself is to see everything else. And to see everything else is to become an understanding molecule in evolution, a conscious tool of the universe.
JERRY GARCIADone time in the lock-up, done time on the streets. Done time on the upswing, and time in defeat.
JERRY GARCIATo 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 GARCIAI 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.
JERRY GARCIAWhistle through your teeth and spit cuz, it’s Alright
JERRY GARCIAAs long as we can play, we’ll play, regardless of what it’s for, who it’s for or anything. It’s fun for us – that’s the important thing.
JERRY GARCIAI have always had this basic biological question in terms of evolution, if the drive to evolution is to like survive.
JERRY GARCIAI equate Deadheads to people that like black licorice. There aren’t many people that like black licorice, but the ones that do, REALLY REALLY like it! Or buttermilk, or whatever.
JERRY GARCIAIf the thunder don’t get ya then the lightning will.
JERRY GARCIARight now, America is under the gun. It’s being tested and is being co-opted in a big way.
JERRY GARCIAIn 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 GARCIAFor 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.
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.
JERRY GARCIAThe satisfaction of producing a work of art is the thing of getting off on it on some level.
JERRY GARCIA