You have to be ready, and also you have to discard notions that are fondly held by a lot of musicians, about sequences and notes and about scales and musical systems as a whole. If you think of music as a language, the space part is where you throw out all the syntax.
JERRY GARCIA- Hunter can write a melody and stuff like that, but his forte is lyrics. He can write a serviceable melody to hang his lyrics on, and sometimes he comes up with something really nice.
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Hunter can write a melody and stuff like that, but his forte is lyrics. He can write a serviceable melody to hang his lyrics on, and sometimes he comes up with something really nice.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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You have to be ready, and also you have to discard notions that are fondly held by a lot of musicians, about sequences and notes and about scales and musical systems as a whole. If you think of music as a language, the space part is where you throw out all the syntax.
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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.
JERRY GARCIAIf 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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We didn’t invent the Grateful Dead, the crowd invented the Grateful Dead.
JERRY GARCIAWe didn’t invent the Grateful Dead, the crowd invented the Grateful Dead.
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If you’re able to enjoy something, to devote your life to it or a reasonable amount of time and energy, it will work out for you.
JERRY GARCIAIf you’re able to enjoy something, to devote your life to it or a reasonable amount of time and energy, it will work out for you.
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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 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.
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You have to get past the idea that music has to be one thing.
JERRY GARCIAYou have to get past the idea that music has to be one thing.
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Somebody has to do something, and it’s just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.
JERRY GARCIASomebody has to do something, and it’s just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.
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We play at the religious services of the new age. Everybody gets high, and that’s what it’s all about really.
JERRY GARCIAWe 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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I mean, whatever kills you kills you, and your death is authentic no matter how you die.
JERRY GARCIAI mean, whatever kills you kills you, and your death is authentic no matter how you die.
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We’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.
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What a long strange trip it’s been.
JERRY GARCIAWhat a long strange trip it’s been.
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If the thunder don’t get ya then the lightning will.
JERRY GARCIAIf the thunder don’t get ya then the lightning will.
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Music is more objective, I think, than a lot of art is, but a surprising amount of it is cultural.
JERRY GARCIAMusic is more objective, I think, than a lot of art is, but a surprising amount of it is cultural.
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I mean, just because you’re a musician doesn’t mean all your ideas are about music.
JERRY GARCIAI mean, just because you’re a musician doesn’t mean all your ideas are about music.
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Too much of a good thing is just about right
JERRY GARCIAToo much of a good thing is just about right
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Magic is what we do, music is how we do it.
JERRY GARCIAMagic is what we do, music is how we do it.
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