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Jerry Garcia

For me, the lame part of the Sixties was the political part, the social part. The real part was the spiritual part.
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Apart Cities Lame Part Political Real Social
To be alive in America is to hear all kinds of music constantly: radio, records, churches, cats on the street, everywhere music. And with records, the whole history of music is open to everyone who wants to hear it.
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Alive Cat Church Constant Country Everyone Hear History Kind Music Open Radio Record Street
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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All Anything Assume Dynamic Learn Life Play Reason
I read somewhere that 77 per cent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I’m more intrigued by the 23 per cent who are apparently doing quite well for themselves.
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Apparently Do Ill Intrigued Live Mentality More Percent Poverty Read Seven Seventy Somewhere Themselves
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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Anything Get Guitar Less More Music Play Player Tend Think Virtuoso
The thing of being able to share somebody’s reality, which has so far been a matter of what communication is about, you know.
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Able Been Being Communication Far Matter Reality Share So Somebody Thing
What we’re thinking about is a peaceful planet. We’re not thinking about anything else.
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Anything Else Peaceful Planet Think
Music is a universal language insofar as you don’t need to know anything else about a musician that you are playing with other than that they can play music.
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Anything Else Insofar Language Music Musician Need Play Universal
I know what I’m askin’. I know it’s a lot. Just to say that I love you. Believe it or not.
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Askin Believe Know Lot Love
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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Danger Guitar Important Love Most Music Play Thing
I mean, it saves you from ultimately from the boredom of having one point of view, like being locked in a room with nothing but your own point of view, your own references.
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Boredom Lock Nothing Point Reference Room Save Ultimately View
If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously.
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Ball Character Need Nerve Quality Real Society Whatever
People may need something to celebrate. They need a context in which to celebrate things. They need something that fills the void that’s left by the bankruptcy of religion and so forth.
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Bankrupt Celebrate Context Religion Something
What a long strange trip it’s been.
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Beem Long Strange Trip
Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.
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Choose Constant Evil Lesser Still Two
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.
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Amount Devote Energy Enjoy Life Out Reasonable Something Work

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