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Listening. That's what music is about. You hear it. And I'd listen to it and something would move me one way or another and I would try and play it.

Jerry Garcia

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Jerry Garcia
Age: 53 †
Born: 1942
Born: August 1
Died: 1995
Died: August 9
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San Francisco County
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We were very fortunate to have a a little time in history when LSD was still legal and were able to experiment with drugs just like we were doing with music.
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The pursuit of happiness is an overview kind of thing. It's not in the Bill of Rights.
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We would all like to be able to live an uncluttered life, a simple life, a good life.
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You don't want to be the best at what you do, you want to be the only one.
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Whistle through your teeth and spit cuz, it's Alright
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Either you were a hoodlum, or you were a puddle on the sidewalk.
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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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American society has gone completely into denial.
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