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
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
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 have all the patience in the world about Sirens. For me its not a Grateful Dead project, its a Me project. – Jerry Garcia
If you think dope is for kicks and for thrills, youre out of your mind. There are more kicks to be had in a good case of paralytic polio or by living in an iron lung. If you think you need stuff to play music or sing, youre crazy. It can fix you so you cant play nothing or sing nothing. – Billie Holiday
Marijuana is a useful catalyst for specific optical and aural aesthetic perceptions. I apprehended the structure of certain pieces of jazz and classical music in a new manner under the influence of marijuana, and these apprehensions have remained valid in years of normal consciousness. – Allen Ginsberg