Your parents were always trying to get you to be careful when you were a kid, and that's all pervasive in this society. Bob Weir More Quotes by Bob Weir More Quotes From Bob Weir What I like best about music is when time goes away. Bob Weir music-is music More fun than a frog in a glass of milk. Bob Weir frogs glasses fun We're just inviting adventure into our life, and adventure carries a little baggage. Bob Weir baggage littles adventure Bicycles are almost as good as guitars for meeting girls. Bob Weir cycling guitar girl The same song on a different day was a different song. Bob Weir different-day different song What if all tomorrow brings is ashes and glass, and I can't tell you child, 'this too shall pass.' If all the world were windswept, cold and gray. And in the end there's nothing left to say. Bob Weir what-if glasses children I don't get the stuff that I carry around in my head from TV, and especially I don't get the stuff that I carry around in my heart from TV. Bob Weir tvs stuff heart If for instance, in a board meeting, if you have an idea, it better be a good idea, or you're not going to get everybody's attention. Bob Weir boards attention ideas Dynamic benign neglect. Bob Weir benign neglect Grace isn't enough. You've got to intend to be there when it's happening. Bob Weir happenings grace enough Everybody has something to bring to the table. Bob Weir tables I think if people value democracy, they had damn well better get out and exercise their right to vote while their vote still means something. Bob Weir workout exercise mean Sometimes it's a huge amble, where you're just on top, on the lid, and it's not going anywhere, and sometimes you walk on the stage and from the first note, the afterburner kicks in and you can't stop it. Bob Weir notes sometimes firsts I think it's real important that people understand where the music comes from. If you can see where the music comes from, you can also see the future. It gives you a trajectory. Bob Weir real people thinking The roughest part for me when I'm writing a song is staring at a blank page. Where am I going from here? If you're a songwriter, you have to do that every time you start a song. Bob Weir pages writing song What's changed? I'm a dad. That's fundamental. Watching your kids grow, you go back a bit. You can watch a bug crawling around for minutes at a time--just sit and marvel at its complexity, the utter bugness of it. I've learned to do that again. Bob Weir dad watches kids The ones that catch your eye are the ones that are basically people who live on the road and follow us around. They're a small percentage of the audience, but they're quite visible. The ones who aren't visible are the stockbrokers, lawyers, doctors, housewives. Bob Weir doctors eye people I have not made many conscious efforts to "re-imagine" songs. I just let them happen the way they're going to happen. Bob Weir effort song way Certain kinds of people just can't live life taking risks with adventure. Bob Weir live-life adventure people We have a society that's trying to make sure that nobody gets any adventures because adventures are dangerous and danger is bad. Bob Weir danger trying adventure
