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I think The Grateful Dead kind of represents the spirit of being able to go out and have an adventure in America at large.

Jerry Garcia

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Jerry Garcia
Age: 53 †
Born: 1942
Born: August 1
Died: 1995
Died: August 9
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I think it's too bad that everybody's decided to turn on drugs, I don't think drugs are the problem. Crime is the problem. Cops are the problem. Money's the problem. But drugs are just drugs.
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All I know is, if you listen to society, you'll never get anywhere!
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