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… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
You listen to a politician making a speech, and it is like hearing nothing. Whereas, music is unmistakably music. The thing about music is that nobody listens to it unless it's real. I don't think that you can fool anybody… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
once in awhile you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look it right — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
To me, that's the key thing, the pursuit of happiness. That's the basic, ultimate freedom. — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
“A leaf of all colors plays a golden-string fiddle To a double-e waterfall over my back” — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
Some things may work, but they definitely won't work every time. Some things may work at various times. — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
It's odd that there is a high level of appreciation of nature. There is the aesthetic side that really loves nature and beauty. — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
If you think of music as a universal language, it still has some very powerful dialects. — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
You have to be ready, and also you have to discard notions that are fondly held by a lot of musicians, about sequences and… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
If you are picking the lesser of two evils, you are still picking Evil. — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
And for me there's still more material than 20 lifetimes that I can use up. — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
Yeah, I think we have to. If we want our shows to be - if we want the quality of the shows to be… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
