You do not merely want to be considered just the best of the best. You want to be considered the only one who does what you do. Jerry Garcia More Quotes by Jerry Garcia More Quotes From Jerry Garcia In this universe the top end is light and the bottom end is real hard stuff. Jerry Garcia light real stuff The bigger issue, was the whole takeover of the food industry by big corporations. Jerry Garcia corporations issues bigs See, there's only two theaters, man that are set up pretty groovy all around for music and for smooth stage changes, good lighting and all that - the Fillmore and The Capitol Theatre. And those are the only two in the whole country. Jerry Garcia men two country Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul. Jerry Garcia rocks song sweet If you are picking the lesser of two evils, you are still picking Evil. Jerry Garcia stills evil two If you can create a reality that is entirely fictitious, it doesn't owe anything to this stuff out here, but you interact with it on your own terms. I mean, if you took it to the point where finally you get, say, tactile feedback, so you were wired in in terms of the whole nervous system. The sensorium. You would have the ultimate art form. I mean, any painter would want it, any filmmaker would want access to it you know, any musician would want access to it. It would eliminate the need for the divisions between what we describe as the arts, converting the whole thing to experience. Jerry Garcia mean reality art And as far as I'm concerned, it's like I say, drugs are not the problem. Other stuff is the problem. Jerry Garcia drug problem stuff Whistle through your teeth and spit cuz, it's Alright Jerry Garcia spit cuz teeth 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 may people needs If something doesn't work, it becomes obvious immediately. This just isn't going to work. Jerry Garcia obvious working-it going-to-work Some things may work, but they definitely won't work every time. Some things may work at various times. Jerry Garcia various may And there's a lot of that stuff with people bringing their kids, kids bringing their parents, people bringing their grandparents - I mean, it's gotten to be really stretched out now. It was never my intention to say, this is the demographics of our audience. Jerry Garcia mean kids people For me, I think the only danger is being too much in love with guitar playing. Jerry Garcia guitar important thinking I don't know why, it's the same reason why you like some music and you don't like others. There's something about it that you like. Ultimately I don't find it's in my best interests to try and analyze it, since it's fundamentally emotional. Jerry Garcia emotional music trying The satisfaction of producing a work of art is the thing of getting off on it on some level. Jerry Garcia levels satisfaction art Nobody stopped thinking about those psychedelic experiences. Once you've been to some of those places, you think, 'How can I get back there again but make it a little easier on myself?' Jerry Garcia getting-high drug thinking I mean, just because you're a musician doesn't mean all your ideas are about music. So every once in a while I get an idea about plumbing, I get an idea about city government, and they come the way they come. Jerry Garcia government cities mean Run faster, jump higher, reach farther, and you'll always win! live life expecting the worst, hoping for the best, and living for the future! Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us. Jerry Garcia live-life winning running What's been great about the human race gives you a sense of how great you might get, how far you can reach. Jerry Garcia race might giving Hunter can write a melody and stuff like that, but his forte is lyrics. He can write a serviceable melody to hang his lyrics on, and sometimes he comes up with something really nice. Jerry Garcia hunters nice writing