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Mickey Hart

(1943) Musician

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Mickey Hart is a musician, best known for Planet drum.

Quick Facts About Mickey Hart

Born: September 11, 1943
Profession: Musician
Notable works: Planet drum

About Mickey Hart

Mickey Hart is an American percussionist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 until February 1971, and again from October 1974 until their final show in July 1995. He and fellow Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann earned the nickname "the rhythm devils".

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Mickey Hart

There's nothing like music to relieve the soul and uplift it.

Music

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The musical mystery is: How do you marry tuned percussion and voice? On a metaphorical level, everything that's really important - like…

Earth

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When I heard Grateful Dead music, I knew that it was the most powerful force on the planet.

Force

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When you are drumming and really feeling the music, the beat, it is like you are transported to a different place, where…

Beats

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Dreams sometimes foretell the future.

Dream

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I hated science in high school. Technology? Engineering? Math? Why would I ever need this? Little did I realize that music was…

Engineering

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The adventure of composition is a mystery. The muse has her ways, she hides from you, comes for you in the middle…

Adventure

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Yeah, I miss the Grateful Dead. I miss that groove. I miss the brotherhood. Absolutely. There's no doubt about it.

About

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In the beginning, there was noise. Noise begat rhythm, and rhythm begat everything else.

Beginning

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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.…

Criteria

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Egyptian drumming happens to be a favorite of mine. It's a really simple instrument, but it's really difficult to play. You can…

Airports

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People will always try to find themselves and their place in the world.

People

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Life is about rhythm. We vibrate, our hearts are pumping blood, we are a rhythm machine, that’s what we are.

Blood

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The voice of the drum is a spirit thing.

Inspirational

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Music gives the soul this inner self-expression, a voice. It gives the soul a sound, the sound of the Muse.

Expression

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Adventures don't begin until you get into the forest. That first step is an act of faith.

Adventure

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There were many times during our career when he could've quit and done something else. But he knew that his power was…

Career

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The Grateful Dead were very kind. It was Santa Claus. It did good things. It allowed other people to benefit. The benefits…

Allowed

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I thought the '60s was the most exciting time and the most vital music, and we were really together as one mind…

Afterwards

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A good groove releases adrenaline in your body. You feel uplifted, you feel centered, you feel calm, you feel powerful. You feel…

Adrenaline

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When the Grateful Dead needed a quality sound system to deliver our sonic payload, I learned electronics and speaker design.

Design

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Art in the classroom not only spurs creativity, it also inspires learning.

Art

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Everywhere you look on the planet people are using drums to alter consciousness.

Consciousness

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The point is that the arts are important enough to have influenced the greatest minds and talents we know. Albert Einstein said…

Art

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