Jerry Garcia
Jerome John "Jerry" García was an American musician, songwriter, artist, and lead guitarist and vocalist of the psychedelic rock band the Grateful Dead. García was viewed by many as the leader or "spokesman" of the group.
Performing with the Grateful Dead for its entire three-decade career (which spanned from 1965 to 1995), García participated in a variety of side projects, including the Jerry García Band, Old and in the Way, the Garcia/Grisman acoustic duo, and Legion of Mary. García co-founded the New Riders of the Purple Sage with John Dawson and David Nelson. He also released several solo albums, and contributed to a number of albums by other artists over the years as a session musician. He was well known by many for his distinctive guitar playing and was ranked 13th in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" cover story.
Later in life, García was sometimes ill because of his unstable weight, and in 1986 experienced a diabetic coma that nearly cost him his life. Although his overall health improved somewhat after that, he also struggled with heroin addiction, and was residing in a drug rehabilitation facility when he died of a heart attack in August 1995.
“There is a road, no simple highway, between the dawn and the dark of night, and if you go, no one may follow, that path is for your steps alone”
“I read somewhere that 77 percent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I'm more intrigued by the 23 percent who are apparently doing quite well for themselves.”
“The sun will shine in my back door one day..”
“We're like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice.”
“I'm not Beethoven!”
“Sometimes the lights all shining on me, other times I can barely see. Lately it occurs to me what a long strange trip it's been.”
“If the thunder don't get ya then the lightning will.”
“Hang me, oh, hang me, so I'll be dead and gone. I wouldn't mind hanging, boys, but you wait in jail so long.”
“every mind is at least as heavy as mine”
“Run faster, jump higher, reach farther, and you'll always win!live life expecting the worst, hoping for the best, and living for the future!Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.”
“Don't tell me this town 'aint got no heart”
“Nothing left to do but smile.”
“Whistle through your teeth and spit cuz, it's Alright”
“Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.”
“What a long strange trip it's been.”
“Done time in the lock-up, done time on the streets. Done time on the upswing, and time in defeat. I know what I'm askin'. I know it's a lot. Just to say that I love you. Believe it or not.”
“once in awhile you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look it right”