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.
JERRY GARCIAIf 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.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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You have to get past the idea that music has to be one thing.
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We’re like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice.
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If you go into a complete, like a cyberspace model of some type, in which… you know the discussion about the mind and the interaction between the mind and the universe as a holographic phenomenon.
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Listening. That’s what music is about. You hear it. And I’d listen to it and something would move me one way or another; and I would try and play it.
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Everybody needs adventure, and everybody needs something to enlarge his or her lives.
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In this universe the top end is light and the bottom end is real hard stuff.
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What a long strange trip it’s been.
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I know when it happens. I know it when it happens every time.
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I mean, just because you’re a musician doesn’t mean all your ideas are about music.
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Whistle through your teeth and spit cuz, it’s Alright
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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.
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There’s a need for a ritual and for real joy and real bliss. Real fun.
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America is still mostly xenophobic and racist. That’s the nature of America, I think.
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It’s not enough to be the best at what you do. You must be perceived as the only one who does what you do.
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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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