What is the best music is impossible to define. Just because it's played by a virtuoso player, doesn't mean it's great music. It might not reflect the soul of a people, which is really my criteria for great music. — Mickey Hart Copy Share Image
The musical mystery is: How do you marry tuned percussion and voice? On a metaphorical level, everything that's really important - like the clouds,… — Mickey Hart Copy Share Image
When I heard Grateful Dead music, I knew that it was the most powerful force on the planet. — Mickey Hart Copy Share Image
When you are drumming and really feeling the music, the beat, it is like you are transported to a different place, where you feel… — Mickey Hart Copy Share Image
I hated science in high school. Technology? Engineering? Math? Why would I ever need this? Little did I realize that music was also about… — Mickey Hart Copy Share Image
The adventure of composition is a mystery. The muse has her ways, she hides from you, comes for you in the middle of the… — Mickey Hart Copy Share Image
Yeah, I miss the Grateful Dead. I miss that groove. I miss the brotherhood. Absolutely. There's no doubt about it. — Mickey Hart Copy Share Image
In the beginning, there was noise. Noise begat rhythm, and rhythm begat everything else. — Mickey Hart Copy Share Image
What is the best music is impossible to define. Just because it's played by a virtuoso player, doesn't mean it's great music. It might… — Mickey Hart Copy Share Image
Egyptian drumming happens to be a favorite of mine. It's a really simple instrument, but it's really difficult to play. You can take it… — Mickey Hart Copy Share Image
People will always try to find themselves and their place in the world. — Mickey Hart Copy Share Image
Life is about rhythm. We vibrate, our hearts are pumping blood, we are a rhythm machine, that’s what we are. — Mickey Hart Copy Share Image
Music gives the soul this inner self-expression, a voice. It gives the soul a sound, the sound of the Muse. — Mickey Hart Copy Share Image
