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Jerry Garcia was a renowned American musician, known for his significant contributions to rock and bluegrass music. Born on August 1, 1942, and passing away on August 9, 1995, Garcia was the core member of the Grateful Dead band, leading them to become one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s.

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Famous Jerry Garcia Quotes

“Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.”

Stills Two Choices Evil Society Voting Lesser Evil Two Evils Not Voting Lesser Of Two Evils

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“America is still mostly xenophobic and racist. That's the nature of America, I think.”

Thinking Stills America Racist

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“And the live show is still our main thing.”

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“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.”

Want Stills Enough Problem Numbers Audience Reaching Pacing

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“If you are picking the lesser of two evils, you are still picking Evil.”

Ifs Stills Two Evil Two Evils Lesser Of Two Evils

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“The information is there, you may not perceive it, but it does affect the lower orders. There are places where it just peaks out. It is like the color spectrum, it just simply goes beyond where you can perceive it any more but it is still going on. If you decide that the invisible continuation of the color spectrum is important to your sense of what reality is about, then you would want to extend it. Extend it as far as you could, as an aesthetic.”

Ifs Want May Doe Stills Important Reality Order Information Color Invisible Perceive Aesthetic Spectrum Continuation

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“Seeing sound, the high order stuff that's not audible still affects how everything else behaves. There might be a visual metaphor for that somewhere.”

Stills Might Order Stuff Sound Seeing Metaphor Behave Visuals

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“If you think of music as a universal language, it still has some very powerful dialects.”

Ifs Thinking Stills Language Powerful Universal Very Powerful Dialect Universal Language

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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.”

Men Littles Stills Able Drug Experiments Fortunate Little Time Lsd

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“And for me there's still more material than 20 lifetimes that I can use up.”

Stills I Can Use Materials Lifetime

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About the Author

Born: August 1, 1942
Died: August 9, 1995
Known for: Musician
Quotes: 166

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In the Spirit: Conversations with the Spirit of Jerry GarciaRelated source material

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