Music goes way back before language does. And music is like the key to a whole spiritual existence which this society doesn’t even talk about. We know it’s there.
JERRY GARCIAThe nature of what we’re doing is something, which is by its very nature, is non-formulaic.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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Nothing left to do but smile.
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We would all like to be able to live an uncluttered life, a simple life, a good life.
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I’m goin’ where the wind don’t blow so strange, maybe off on some high cold mountain chain.
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Sometimes the lights all shining on me, other times I can barely see. Lately it occurs to me what a long strange trip it’s been.
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I mean, just because you’re a musician doesn’t mean all your ideas are about music.
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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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There’s a need for a ritual and for real joy and real bliss. Real fun.
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And for me there’s still more material than 20 lifetimes that I can use up.
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American society has gone completely into denial.
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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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It’s not enough to be the best at what you do. You must be perceived as the only one who does what you do.
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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.
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To 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.
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Somebody has to do something, and it’s just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.
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The implications, to me, are immense. I mean, how far can it go?
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