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> [Music goes way back before language does. And music is like the key to a whole spiritual existence which this society doesn't even talk about. We know it's there. The Grateful Dead plays at religious services essentially. We play at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/music-goes-way-back-before-language-does-and-music-is-like-the-key-to/)

[Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/)

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## More by Jerry Garcia

> [once in awhile you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look it right](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/once-in-awhile-you-get-shown-the-light-in-the-strangest-of-places-if/)

[Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/)

> [To me, that's the key thing, the pursuit of happiness. That's the basic, ultimate freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/to-me-that-s-the-key-thing-the-pursuit-of-happiness-that-s-the-basic/)

[Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/)

> [“A leaf of all colors plays a golden-string fiddle To a double-e waterfall over my back”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/a-leaf-of-all-colors-plays-a-golden-string-fiddle-to-a-double-e/)

[Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/)

> [Some things may work, but they definitely won't work every time. Some things may work at various times.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/some-things-may-work-but-they-definitely-won-t-work-every-time-some/)

[Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/)

> [It's odd that there is a high level of appreciation of nature. There is the aesthetic side that really loves nature and beauty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/it-s-odd-that-there-is-a-high-level-of-appreciation-of-nature-there/)

[Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/)

> [If you think of music as a universal language, it still has some very powerful dialects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/if-you-think-of-music-as-a-universal-language-it-still-has-some-very/)

[Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/)

> [You have to be ready, and also you have to discard notions that are fondly held by a lot of musicians, about sequences and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/you-have-to-be-ready-and-also-you-have-to-discard-notions-that-are/)

[Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/)

> [If you are picking the lesser of two evils, you are still picking Evil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/if-you-are-picking-the-lesser-of-two-evils-you-are-still-picking-evil/)

[Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/)

> [Our strong suit is what we do, and our audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/our-strong-suit-is-what-we-do-and-our-audience/)

[Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/)

> [And for me there's still more material than 20 lifetimes that I can use up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/and-for-me-there-s-still-more-material-than-20-lifetimes-that-i-can/)

[Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/)

> [It's much too late to do anything about rock & roll now ...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/it-s-much-too-late-to-do-anything-about-rock-roll-now/)

[Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/)

> [Yeah, I think we have to. If we want our shows to be - if we want the quality of the shows to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/yeah-i-think-we-have-to-if-we-want-our-shows-to-be-if-we-want-the/)

[Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/)

> [You ain't gonna learn what you don't wanna know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/you-ain-t-gonna-learn-what-you-don-t-wanna-know/)

[Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/)

> [America is still mostly xenophobic and racist. That's the nature of America, I think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/america-is-still-mostly-xenophobic-and-racist-that-s-the-nature-of/)

[Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/)

> [Nothing left to do but smile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/nothing-left-to-do-but-smile/)

[Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/)

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