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The satisfaction of producing a work of art is the thing of getting off on it on some level.

Jerry Garcia

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Jerry Garcia
Age: 53 †
Born: 1942
Born: August 1
Died: 1995
Died: August 9
Banjoist
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Singer-Songwriter
San Francisco County
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We're involved in a society which is undergoing some really weird changes now.
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The real problems are cultural. The problems of the people who take drugs as a cultural trap - I think there's a real problem there, the crack stuff, the hopelessness of the junkie. The urban angst.
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The pursuit of happiness is such a large of concept.
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I read somewhere that 77 per cent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I'm more intrigued by the 23 per cent who are apparently doing quite well for themselves.
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And the live show is still our main thing.
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If you assume you haven't learned anything yet, there's no reason your playing can't stay dynamic all your life.
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You have to get past the idea that music has to be one thing. To be alive in America is to hear all kinds of music constantly: radio, records, churches, cats on the street, everywhere music. And with records, the whole history of music is open to everyone who wants to hear it.
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There is no dogma, there isn't anything about how the universe works.
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