People may need something to celebrate. They need a context in which to celebrate things. They need something that fills the void that's left by the bankruptcy of religion and so forth. Jerry Garcia More Quotes by Jerry Garcia More Quotes From Jerry Garcia You need music, I don't know why. It's probably one of those Joe Campbell questions, why we need ritual. We need magic, and bliss, and power, myth, and celebration and religion in our lives, and music is a good way to encapsulate a lot of it. Jerry Garcia music power life 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. We're not thinking about any kind of struggles. We're not thinking about revolution or war or any of that. That's not what we want. Nobody wants to get hurt. Nobody wants to hurt anybody. We would all like to be able to live an uncluttered life. A simple life, a good life. And think about moving the whole human race ahead a step, or a few steps. Jerry Garcia hurt peace life To get really high is to forget yourself. And to forget yourself is to see everything else. And to see everything else is to become an understanding molecule in evolution, a conscious tool of the universe. Jerry Garcia molecules understanding tools We're like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice. Jerry Garcia likes people You ain't gonna learn what you don't wanna know. Jerry Garcia personal-growth growth knows Too much of a good thing is just about right Jerry Garcia too-much-of-a-good-thing too-much good-things If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously. Jerry Garcia effort real character Sometimes the lights all shining on me, other times I can barely see. Lately it occurs to me what a long strange trip it's been. Jerry Garcia shining light long I Don't Think There's A Good Excuse For Being Unhappy. I'm Not Particularly Unhappy, But I Know What Pain Is. I think That Life Is Characterized By Pain, Partly. Part Of The Way You Can Tell You're Alive Is By How Much Pain You're Experiencing, Or How Little. Jerry Garcia pain unhappy thinking Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us. Jerry Garcia pathetic politics retirement Truth is something you stumble into when you think you're going someplace else. Jerry Garcia truth-is thinking All I know is, if you listen to society, you'll never get anywhere! Jerry Garcia individualism ifs knows Nothing left to do but smile. Jerry Garcia left To me, that's the key thing, the pursuit of happiness. That's the basic, ultimate freedom. Jerry Garcia ultimate-freedom pursuit-of-happiness keys You don't want to be the best at what you do, you want to be the only one. Jerry Garcia being-the-best want It's pretty clear now that what looked like it might have been some kind of counterculture is, in reality, just the plain old chaos of undifferentiated weirdness. Jerry Garcia counter-culture music reality Magic is what we do, music is how we do it. Jerry Garcia magic music-is If you're able to enjoy something, to devote your life to it or a reasonable amount of time and energy, it will work out for you. Jerry Garcia work-out able energy The great thing is the thing of being able to see things through many points of view. That's enlarging. I mean, it saves you from ultimately from the boredom of having one point of view, like being locked in a room with nothing but your own point of view, your own references. Jerry Garcia boredom views mean Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil. Jerry Garcia choices evil two
