Home / Quotes / Quote by Jerry Garcia

Quote by Jerry Garcia

“You can't make rules regarding the moral behavior of something unless you know what the hell it is, and what it's capacities are. What it can do, what it can't do.”

Quote by Jerry Garcia

Author

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. more

You May Also Like

“I think the Muslim religious is a little too tight. It doesn't fit humans. Humans can't possibly fit into it, so there are a lot of really unhappy people, terribly repressed. It is a religion that works against you because the template don't fit. It's not human, you know.”

People Thinking Knows Humans Littles Religious Fit Unhappy Happy People Repressed Unhappy People

Author:Jerry Garcia

“What we need is something, a definition of a human, starting from the ground up, so that the suitable moral structure that goes around it makes sense. The context has to come from the human first, rather than bits and pieces of fragments of old religion and all of the old moral superstructure, whatever it used to be.”

Needs Firsts Humans Used Bits Moral Pieces Structure Starting Definitions Used To Be Make Sense Fragments Suitable Bits And Pieces

Author:Jerry Garcia

“We are experiencing a real confusion here in the United States, you know. Why is it OK to drink, but it's not OK to take drugs? Blah, blah, blah. What's a crime? What's criminality? What can you do, what can't you do, and so forth. All these things are really confusing. A lot of it is really contradictory; it doesn't really make sense.”

Knows Real States United United States Crime Drink Drug Confusion Make Sense Confusing Contradictory Blah Criminality

Author:Jerry Garcia

“There is some art that says the same thing to everybody. WE need something like that. What that is, I don't know. But virtual reality may be the key to it.”

Knows Needs May Art Reality Keys Virtual Reality

Author:Jerry Garcia

“Music is more objective, I think, than a lot of art is, but a surprising amount of it is cultural.”

Thinking Art Amount Music Is Art Is Objectives Surprising

Author:Jerry Garcia

“Western ears have a hard time hearing anything that isn't in four-four time. A lot of cultures experience music in five-eight, for example, five-four.”

Hard Culture Five Four Example Ears Western Eight Hearing Hard Times

Author:Jerry Garcia

“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

Author:Jerry Garcia

“Most musicians, regardless of what culture they come from, can get together and agree on some stuff about music. As there is going to be a common ground.”

Together Culture Stuff Common Musician Agree Get Together Common Ground

Author:Jerry Garcia

“Music is a universal language insofar as you don't need to know anything else about a musician that you are playing with other than that they can play music. It doesn't matter what their music is, you can find something that you can play together, with what their culture is. The dialect part of it comes into play, but nothing like the differentiation that language sets up, for example.”

Knows Needs Matter Play Together Culture Language Example Musician Music Is Universal Dialect Universal Language Differentiation

Author:Jerry Garcia

“In the last 100 years since the invention of sound reproduction, music has really taken off and it is much more a common language because of records and transportation.”

Years Lasts Language Sound Common Taken Records Invention Transportation Reproduction Common Language

Author:Jerry Garcia