“You do not merely want to be considered just the best of the best. You want to be considered the only one who does what you do.”

American society has gone completely into denial.

Done time in the lock-up, done time on the streets. Done time on the upswing, and time in defeat.

I think The Grateful Dead kind of represents the spirit of being able to go out and have an adventure in America at large.

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!

We play at the religious services of the new age. Everybody gets high, and that’s what it’s all about really.

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.

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.

I mean, just because you’re a musician doesn’t mean all your ideas are about music.

We were very fortunate to have a a little time in history when LSD was still legal and were able to experiment with drugs just like we were doing with music.

What we’re thinking about is a peaceful planet. We’re not thinking about anything else.

What we need is something, a definition of a human, starting from the ground up, so that the suitable moral structure that goes around it makes sense.

I have always had this basic biological question in terms of evolution, if the drive to evolution is to like survive.

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.

You have to get past the idea that music has to be one thing.

To get really high is to forget yourself. And to forget yourself is to see everything else. And to see everything else is to become an understanding molecule in evolution, a conscious tool of the universe.

… Grateful Dead – that’s it !! … nobody in the band liked it, (the name) I didn’t like it, either, but it got around that that was one of the candidates for our new name, and everyone else said, ‘Yeah, that’s great.’

If you don’t love what you’re doing and you can’t give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short.

Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it’s business or baseball, or the theater, or any field.

You’re the best there. You’ve been all-city two years in a row. How bad can you be? You come with me and we’ll make nice music.

I just learn from every legend that I’ve watched. I learned from the best.

Switching to the outfield was the best break I ever got.

As long as you gave it your best shot, even if in the opinion of others ‘you failed,’ you didn’t fail.

I want to be the best so I am ready to do anything.

I’ve come to realize that I perform best when I’m letting my subconscious mind hit the ball and my conscious mind is otherwise occupied.