For me, the lame part of the Sixties was the political part, the social part. The real part was the spiritual part. – Jerry Garcia
Im shopping around for something to do that no one will like. – Jerry Garcia
Nobody stopped thinking about those psychedelic experiences. Once youve 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
But hey, when you live in Watts, you need a little smack to get by, you know what I mean? You need something soft and comfortable in your life, cause youre not going to get it from whats around you. And society isnt going to give it to you. – Jerry Garcia
I have all the patience in the world about Sirens. For me its not a Grateful Dead project, its a Me project. – Jerry Garcia
America is still mostly xenophobic and racist. Thats the nature of America, I think. – Jerry Garcia
Im not trying to clock scores in this lifetime, its just that things are better now than they were like five, ten years ago. Music has gotten a lot better. Theres a lot of people who are committed to – soulfully. – Jerry Garcia
I think its too bad that everybodys decided to turn on drugs, I dont think drugs are the problem. Crime is the problem. Cops are the problem. Moneys the problem. But drugs are just drugs. – Jerry Garcia
I mean, just because youre a musician doesnt 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
Were not uncomfortable with it, and weve already been through enough of the music business where Im not really worried that commercial success is going to in some way – were already past saving, you know what I mean? Its too late for us. – Jerry Garcia
I dont know why, its the same reason why you like some music and you dont like others. Theres something about it that you like. Ultimately I dont find its in my best interests to try and analyze it, since its fundamentally emotional. – Jerry Garcia
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
I mean, whatever kills you kills you, and your death is authentic no matter how you die. – Jerry Garcia
Death comes at you no matter what you do in this life, and to equate drugs with death is a facile comparison. – Jerry Garcia
