Playing in a group, I’m tending to think more about the music and less about the guitar. That’s just me getting older. I’m not interested in being a virtuoso guitar player or anything like that.
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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Too much of a good thing is just about right
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All I know is, if you listen to society, you’ll never get anywhere!
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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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Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.
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I don’t know why, it’s the same reason why you like some music and you don’t like others. There’s something about it that you like. Ultimately I don’t find it’s in my best interests to try and analyze it, since it’s fundamentally emotional.
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Live life expecting the worst, hoping for the best, and living for the future!
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Listening. 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.
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Everything is traditionally slow – much faster than it ever has been on earth but still far, far too slow.
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There’s a need for a ritual and for real joy and real bliss. Real fun.
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I Don’t Think There’s A Good Excuse For Being Unhappy. I’m Not Particularly Unhappy, But I Know What Pain Is. I think That Life Is Characterized By Pain.
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Run faster, jump higher, reach farther, and you’ll always win! live life expecting the worst, hoping for the best, and living for the future!
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Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul.
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And as far as I’m concerned, it’s like I say, drugs are not the problem. Other stuff is the problem.
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An organism that survives well, there is really no need for consciousness in there.
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It’s much too late to do anything about rock & roll now.
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