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.
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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If the thunder don’t get ya then the lightning will.
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Nobody stopped thinking about those psychedelic experiences. Once you’ve been to some of those places, you think, ‘How can I get back there again but make it a little easier on myself?’
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The bigger issue, was the whole takeover of the food industry by big corporations.
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The nature of what we’re doing is something, which is by its very nature, is non-formulaic.
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What’s been great about the human race gives you a sense of how great you might get, how far you can reach.
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We didn’t invent the Grateful Dead, the crowd invented the Grateful Dead.
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We have quite a large area, and that makes it more fun for us – certainly more satisfying, because it doesn’t restrict us to one particular idea or one particular style.
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We were just in line to see what was going to happen.
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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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You ain’t gonna learn what you don’t wanna know.
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We would all like to be able to live an uncluttered life, a simple life, a good life.
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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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We need magic, and bliss, and power, myth, and celebration and religion in our lives, and music is a good way to encapsulate a lot of it.
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Cats on the bandstand, give them each a big hand, anyone who sweats like that must be all right.
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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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