I think it’s too bad that everybody’s decided to turn on drugs, I don’t think drugs are the problem.
JERRY GARCIATo me, that’s the key thing, the pursuit of happiness. That’s the basic, ultimate freedom.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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It turned out to be tremendously lucky. It’s just repellent enough to filter curious onlookers and just quirky enough that parents don’t like it.
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If you think of music as a universal language, it still has some very powerful dialects.
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Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul.
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Somebody has to do something, and it’s just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.
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Now it has gotten a whole new leg. It has gotten a thing of being able to actually step in somebody’s reality and walk through it like they do, experience it the way they do, specifically.
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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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It’s pretty clear now that what looked like it might have been some kind of counterculture is, in reality, just the plain old chaos of undifferentiated weirdness.
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Some things may work, but they definitely won’t work every time. Some things may work at various times.
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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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Whistle through your teeth and spit cuz, it’s Alright
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I know when it happens. I know it when it happens every time.
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See, there’s only two theaters, man that are set up pretty groovy all around for music and for smooth stage changes, good lighting and all that – the Fillmore and The Capitol Theatre. And those are the only two in the whole country.
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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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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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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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