I 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 GARCIAYou need music, I don’t know why. It’s probably one of those Joe Campbell questions, why we need ritual.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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We are experiencing a real confusion here in the United States, you know. Why is it OK to drink, but it’s not OK to take drugs?
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American society has gone completely into denial.
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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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Music is more objective, I think, than a lot of art is, but a surprising amount of it is cultural.
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There’s a need for a ritual and for real joy and real bliss. Real fun.
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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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If you assume you haven’t learned anything yet, there’s no reason your playing can’t stay dynamic all your life.
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You ain’t gonna learn what you don’t wanna know.
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An organism that survives well, there is really no need for consciousness in there.
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Done time in the lock-up, done time on the streets. Done time on the upswing, and time in defeat.
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As 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.
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You listen to a politician making a speech, and it is like hearing nothing. Whereas, music is unmistakably music.
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Magic is what we do, music is how we do it.
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The pursuit of happiness is an overview kind of thing. It’s not in the Bill of Rights.
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I think that the revolution in music is over, and what’s left is a mop-up action. It’s a matter of the news getting out to everybody else.
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