Grateful Dead Quotes
The band that became more than a band to its fans.
These quotes reflect the near-devotional loyalty the Grateful Dead inspired in fans, some describing the band in almost religious terms. Others focus on the band's practical generosity, playing free shows that benefited far more people than the band itself.
In a way, it's my way of dealing with, finding closure with Grateful Dead music, and giving thanks in a way to Jerry and Bob and all the guys in the band for making up this wonderful music.
For a while, I tried to masquerade as somewhat of a hippie because I was under the impression that was the kind of guy girls would like. I was pretty unsuccessful because I liked the idea of camping more than...
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A Grateful Dead concert is much more than the music: it's an experience, almost like being in a family of thousands of people.
When I heard Grateful Dead music, I knew that it was the most powerful force on the planet.
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When the Grateful Dead needed a quality sound system to deliver our sonic payload, I learned electronics and speaker design.
The Grateful Dead were very kind. It was Santa Claus. It did good things. It allowed other people to benefit. The benefits that we played were enormous, and we played free. So you've got a band that loves to play...
The Grateful Dead are our religion. This is a religion that doesn't pay homage to the God that all the other religions pay homage to.
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I mean people have compared us to like the Grateful Dead and all these like psychedelic sixties bands.
The Grateful Dead were an influence on our music but they weren't by a long shot the biggest influence.
But audio is a component of video, so there's always been that anyway, and although we've never expressed a visual side apart from the Grateful Dead movie, I don't find it that remote, you know what I mean? It's a...
I have all the patience in the world about Sirens. For me it's not a Grateful Dead project, it's a Me project.
I've been a part of a couple of Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia nights, and watching the Dead's fan base be so passionate reminds me of what Jerry was so much about, making the community a better place.
Bored Quotes
I never listened to the Grateful Dead as a teen; the only exposure I got was what came through the walls when my sister was listening to them.
I remember the last time the Grateful Dead played in Seattle, at the Seattle Center. I was living there, and after the show, I was walking to work near there, and I'd never seen so much debris. There were mountains...
At a show, I'll look out from the stage and see a woman with a pearl necklace next to a guy in a Grateful Dead T-shirt next to a young kid with his mom. It's fun to see them all...
When I grew up and went to school, all the cool kids were in Carhartts and Mudd boots, and they were listening to the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers and driving Volkswagens.
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I think most people's record collections are more interesting than radio generally gives them credit for. You're likely to be as interested in the Grateful Dead as Palestrina. It pisses me off how compartmentalised music is. I used to be...
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A few quotes get technical, recalling how the demand for a quality live sound system pushed one fan into learning electronics and speaker design, tying Dead fandom to hands-on craft.
