--- title: "15 Knows Quotes By Jerry Garcia" description: "15 Knows quotes by Jerry Garcia. Plus more from Jerry Garcia and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cc/jerry-garcia-2346_education_you-ain-t-gonna-learn-what-you-don-t-wan_402472.jpg" --- > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cc/jerry-garcia-2346_education_you-ain-t-gonna-learn-what-you-don-t-wan_402472.jpg) > [Light shows are sort of a meditative kind of experience, you know. It is not like a shock.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/light-shows-are-sort-of-a-meditative-kind-of-experience-you-know-it/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c40/jerry-garcia-2346_kind_light-shows-are-sort-of-a-meditative-kin_1607799.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 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) > [There is some art that says the same thing to everybody. WE need something like that. What that is, I don't know.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/there-is-some-art-that-says-the-same-thing-to-everybody-we-need/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0e/jerry-garcia-2346_art_there-is-some-art-that-says-the-same-thi_1713131.jpg) > [Each person makes their own decision about what it is that is happening, whether they like it or don't like it, whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/each-person-makes-their-own-decision-about-what-it-is-that-is/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b27/jerry-garcia-2346_decision_each-person-makes-their-own-decision-abo_1719703.jpg) > [You can't make rules regarding the moral behavior of something unless you know what the hell it is, and what it's capacities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/you-can-t-make-rules-regarding-the-moral-behavior-of-something-unless/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83b/jerry-garcia-2346_behavior_you-can-t-make-rules-regarding-the-moral_2311315.jpg) > [You need music, I don't know why. It's probably one of those Joe Campbell questions, why we need ritual. We need magic,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/you-need-music-i-don-t-know-why-it-s-probably-one-of-those-joe/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6d/jerry-garcia-2346_bliss_you-need-music-i-don-t-know-why-it-s-pro_1497722.jpg) > [I think the Muslim religious is a little too tight. It doesn't fit humans. Humans can't possibly fit into it, so there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/i-think-the-muslim-religious-is-a-little-too-tight-it-doesn-t-fit/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cff/jerry-garcia-2346_fit_i-think-the-muslim-religious-is-a-little_663761.jpg) > [In folk music, I've always been fond of the fragment. The song that has one verse. And you don't know anything about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/in-folk-music-i-ve-always-been-fond-of-the-fragment-the-song-that-has/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/417/jerry-garcia-2346_character_in-folk-music-i-ve-always-been-fond-of-t_1081567.jpg) > [I Don't Think There's A Good Excuse For Being Unhappy. I'm Not Particularly Unhappy, But I Know What Pain Is. I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/i-don-t-think-there-s-a-good-excuse-for-being-unhappy-i-m-not/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c6/jerry-garcia-2346_alive_i-don-t-think-there-s-a-good-excuse-for_1342859.jpg) > [We are experiencing a real confusion here in the United States, you know. Why is it OK to drink, but it's not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/we-are-experiencing-a-real-confusion-here-in-the-united-states-you/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/929/jerry-garcia-2346_blah_we-are-experiencing-a-real-confusion-her_1248151.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) > [Music is a universal language insofar as you don't need to know anything else about a musician that you are playing with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/music-is-a-universal-language-insofar-as-you-don-t-need-to-know/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e9/jerry-garcia-2346_culture_music-is-a-universal-language-insofar-as_1758330.jpg) ## Other authors on Knows ## 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/knows/jerry-garcia/#itemlist", "name": "15 Knows Quotes By Jerry Garcia", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You ain't gonna learn what you don't wanna know.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jerry Garcia" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/you-ain-t-gonna-learn-what-you-don-t-wanna-know/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cc/jerry-garcia-2346_education_you-ain-t-gonna-learn-what-you-don-t-wan_402472.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cc/jerry-garcia-2346_education_you-ain-t-gonna-learn-what-you-don-t-wan_402472.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cc/jerry-garcia-2346_education_you-ain-t-gonna-learn-what-you-don-t-wan_402472.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You ain't gonna learn what you don't wanna know.” — Jerry Garcia", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Light shows are sort of a meditative kind of experience, you know. 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It's not human, you know.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jerry Garcia" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/i-think-the-muslim-religious-is-a-little-too-tight-it-doesn-t-fit/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cff/jerry-garcia-2346_fit_i-think-the-muslim-religious-is-a-little_663761.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cff/jerry-garcia-2346_fit_i-think-the-muslim-religious-is-a-little_663761.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cff/jerry-garcia-2346_fit_i-think-the-muslim-religious-is-a-little_663761.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think the Muslim religious is a little too tight. It doesn't fit humans. 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