--- title: "19 Ifs Quotes By Jerry Garcia" description: "19 Ifs quotes by Jerry Garcia. Plus more from Jerry Garcia and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b9/jerry-garcia-2346_able_if-you-re-able-to-enjoy-something-to-dev_1855983.jpg" --- > [If you're able to enjoy something, to devote your life to it or a reasonable amount of time and energy, it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/if-you-re-able-to-enjoy-something-to-devote-your-life-to-it-or-a/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b9/jerry-garcia-2346_able_if-you-re-able-to-enjoy-something-to-dev_1855983.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93a/jerry-garcia-2346_evil_if-you-are-picking-the-lesser-of-two-evi_224783.jpg) > [All I know is, if you listen to society, you'll never get anywhere!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/all-i-know-is-if-you-listen-to-society-you-ll-never-get-anywhere/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cd/jerry-garcia-2346_communication_all-i-know-is-if-you-listen-to-society-y_1357012.jpg) > [If you think of music as a language, the space part is where you throw out all the syntax.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/if-you-think-of-music-as-a-language-the-space-part-is-where-you-throw/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cc/jerry-garcia-2346_ifs_if-you-think-of-music-as-a-language-the_2390131.jpg) > [If you assume you haven't learned anything yet, there's no reason your playing can't stay dynamic all your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/if-you-assume-you-haven-t-learned-anything-yet-there-s-no-reason-your/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22c/jerry-garcia-2346_assuming_if-you-assume-you-haven-t-learned-anythi_747380.jpg) > [If something doesn't work, it becomes obvious immediately. This just isn't going to work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/if-something-doesn-t-work-it-becomes-obvious-immediately-this-just/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d34/jerry-garcia-2346_going-to-work_if-something-doesn-t-work-it-becomes-obv_2338188.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80d/jerry-garcia-2346_dialect_if-you-think-of-music-as-a-universal-lan_172493.jpg) > [If you are going to develop beast technology, you want to start by having cage technology. You want to make the rules…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/if-you-are-going-to-develop-beast-technology-you-want-to-start-by/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac1/jerry-garcia-2346_animals_if-you-are-going-to-develop-beast-techno_2721464.jpg) > [I have always had this basic biological question in terms of evolution, if the drive to evolution is to like survive. An…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/i-have-always-had-this-basic-biological-question-in-terms-of/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be4/jerry-garcia-2346_biology_i-have-always-had-this-basic-biological_2454155.jpg) > [It's a joke. Greed and the desire to take drugs are two separate things. If you want to separate the two, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/it-s-a-joke-greed-and-the-desire-to-take-drugs-are-two-separate/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/652/jerry-garcia-2346_accepting_it-s-a-joke-greed-and-the-desire-to-take_2367411.jpg) > [What is life but being conscious? And good and evil are manifestations of consciousness. If you reject one, you're not getting the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/what-is-life-but-being-conscious-and-good-and-evil-are-manifestations/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64b/jerry-garcia-2346_conscious_what-is-life-but-being-conscious-and-goo_786030.jpg) > [The only way things work around here is if everybody wants it to work. If everybody wants it to work, then it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/the-only-way-things-work-around-here-is-if-everybody-wants-it-to-work/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8f/jerry-garcia-2346_guarantees_the-only-way-things-work-around-here-is_912215.jpg) > [In reality everybody has got musical thoughts. If you are able to overcome the part of it which is muscle training, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/in-reality-everybody-has-got-musical-thoughts-if-you-are-able-to/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f02/jerry-garcia-2346_able_in-reality-everybody-has-got-musical-tho_3231972.jpg) > [The information is there, you may not perceive it, but it does affect the lower orders. There are places where it just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/the-information-is-there-you-may-not-perceive-it-but-it-does-affect/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6b/jerry-garcia-2346_aesthetic_the-information-is-there-you-may-not-per_3118988.jpg) > [One of the things that's attractive about cyberspace is that it can be construed as no threat. If you see it through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/one-of-the-things-that-s-attractive-about-cyberspace-is-that-it-can/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/631/jerry-garcia-2346_amusement_one-of-the-things-that-s-attractive-abou_1850714.jpg) > [You have to be ready, and also you have to discard notions that are fondly held by a lot of musicians, about…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec1/jerry-garcia-2346_ifs_you-have-to-be-ready-and-also-you-have-t_190885.jpg) > [If you can create a reality that is entirely fictitious, it doesn't owe anything to this stuff out here, but you interact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/if-you-can-create-a-reality-that-is-entirely-fictitious-it-doesn-t/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8e/jerry-garcia-2346_access_if-you-can-create-a-reality-that-is-enti_2855177.jpg) > [The thing of being able to share somebody's reality, which has so far been a matter of what communication is about, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/the-thing-of-being-able-to-share-somebody-s-reality-which-has-so-far/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a8/jerry-garcia-2346_able_the-thing-of-being-able-to-share-somebod_1091922.jpg) > [Things come up from the outside, the outside world says, okay, you have do this, you have to go here and here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/things-come-up-from-the-outside-the-outside-world-says-okay-you-have/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/758/jerry-garcia-2346_can-do_things-come-up-from-the-outside-the-outs_1615283.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/jerry-garcia/#itemlist", "name": "19 Ifs Quotes By Jerry Garcia", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you're able to enjoy something, to devote your life to it or a reasonable amount of time and energy, it will work out for you.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jerry Garcia" }, "url": 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