--- title: "13 Want Quotes By Jerry Garcia" description: "13 Want quotes by Jerry Garcia. Plus more from Jerry Garcia and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f73/jerry-garcia-2346_best-of-the-best_you-do-not-merely-want-to-be-considered_1499129.jpg" --- > [You do not merely want to be considered just the best of the best. You want to be considered the only one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/you-do-not-merely-want-to-be-considered-just-the-best-of-the-best-you/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f73/jerry-garcia-2346_best-of-the-best_you-do-not-merely-want-to-be-considered_1499129.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) > [So we are pretty convinced we don't want to play huge stadiums unless we can play them well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/so-we-are-pretty-convinced-we-don-t-want-to-play-huge-stadiums-unless/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cb/jerry-garcia-2346_convinced_so-we-are-pretty-convinced-we-don-t-want_3116501.jpg) > [You don't want to be the best at what you do, you want to be the only one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/you-don-t-want-to-be-the-best-at-what-you-do-you-want-to-be-the-only/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b8/jerry-garcia-2346_being-the-best_you-don-t-want-to-be-the-best-at-what-yo_1068461.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) > [Yeah, I think we have to. If we want our shows to be - if we want the quality of the shows…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42e/jerry-garcia-2346_be-good_yeah-i-think-we-have-to-if-we-want-our-s_401335.jpg) > [So it's one of those things where we have to - our problem is pacing ourselves and still reaching a large enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/so-it-s-one-of-those-things-where-we-have-to-our-problem-is-pacing/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/431/jerry-garcia-2346_audience_so-it-s-one-of-those-things-where-we-hav_1809818.jpg) > [You have to get past the idea that music has to be one thing. To be alive in America is to hear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/you-have-to-get-past-the-idea-that-music-has-to-be-one-thing-to-be/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfb/jerry-garcia-2346_alive_you-have-to-get-past-the-idea-that-music_1815532.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) > [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) > [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 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) > [What we're thinking about is a peaceful planet. We're not thinking about anything else. We're not thinking about any kind of power.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-garcia/what-we-re-thinking-about-is-a-peaceful-planet-we-re-not-thinking/) [Jerry Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-garcia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11c/jerry-garcia-2346_able_what-we-re-thinking-about-is-a-peaceful_2058931.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## 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/want/jerry-garcia/#itemlist", "name": "13 Want Quotes By Jerry Garcia", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You do not merely want to be considered just the best of the best. 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