I listen to anything anyone gives me. I always go back to a few basic favorites. I can always listen to Django Reinhardt and hear something I haven't heard before. I like to listen to Art Tatum and Coltrane and Charlie Parker. Those are guys who never seem to run out of ideas. Jerry Garcia artbackbasic share on social
Yeah, I think we have to. If we want our shows to be - if we want the quality of the shows to be good, and we want the energy to be high, and if we want to be in good enough physical shape to do them, and not exhaust ourselves on the road, and not get stale, we have to pace. Jerry Garcia energyexhaustgood share on social
If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously. Jerry Garcia addressballcharacter share on social
So it's one of those things where we have to - our problem is pacing ourselves and still reaching a large enough number of our audience. Because we don't want to burn the audience. And we don't want to be excluding anybody. Jerry Garcia audienceburnexclude share on social
America is still mostly xenophobic and racist. That's the nature of America, I think. Jerry Garcia americanatureracist Change image and share on social
The process of selecting the tone on the guitar is an aesthetic process like any other, so you try a lot of different things. Jerry Garcia aestheticguitarlot Change image and share on social
What we do is as American as lynch mobs. America has always been a complex place. Jerry Garcia americaamericancomplex Change image and share on social
I mean, whatever kills you kills you, and your death is authentic no matter how you die. Jerry Garcia authenticdeathdie Change image and share on social
Hunter can write a melody and stuff like that, but his forte is lyrics. He can write a serviceable melody to hang his lyrics on, and sometimes he comes up with something really nice. Jerry Garcia fortehanghunter Change image and share on social
I have all the patience in the world about Sirens. For me it's not a Grateful Dead project, it's a Me project. Jerry Garcia deadgratefulpatience Change image and share on social