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.
JERRY GARCIAWhat a long strange trip it’s been.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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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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Too much of a good thing is just about right
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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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A simple life, a good life. And think about moving the whole human race ahead a step, or a few steps.
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There’s a lot there to enlarge you. That’s part of the value of being in an extended family is that it enlarges you. It makes you bigger. It makes you more.
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Truth is something you stumble into when you think you’re going someplace else.
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I think the Muslim religious is a little too tight. It doesn’t fit humans. Humans can’t possibly fit into it, so there are a lot of really unhappy people, terribly repressed.
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Every silver lining has a touch of grey.
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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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We’re involved in a society which is undergoing some really weird changes now.
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I know when it happens. I know it when it happens every time.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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