"To get really high is to forget yourself. And to forget yourself is to see everything else. And to see everything else is to become an understanding molecule in evolution, a conscious tool of the universe."

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Source : Jerry Garcia, Charles Reich, Jann Wenner (2009). “Garcia: A Signpost To New Space”, p.68, Da Capo Press

Jerry Garcia

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“Until you become a parent, you can't begin to discover your capacity for strength, love and fatigue.”
“Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.”
“Projects get sent to you, and you read them, and there's something for you there. There's something to be done.”
“The cherished dream of every chessplayer is to play a match with the World Champion. But here is the paradox: the closer you come to the realization of this goal, the less you think about it.”
“'Man up' is a sexist term that should be retired along with all the other gender-based imperious imperatives.”
“It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.”
“Our day-to-day lives are pretty chaotic. So in terms of the writing part, you have to get pretty disciplined about finding quiet moments and making sure you're making time for the art side, on top of all the time-consuming business side.”
“I think that a great song needs the full package. I think that a great song needs everything from lyrics, to melody, to music, and it needs to be interesting and it needs take you in and swallow you and swish you around, and then regurgitate you back in better form.”

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