“Jerry’s greatness is self-evident: it drew us to him and kept us in orbit for years, and we remain here in his firmament, wishing that crashed dark star were instead a comet whose return must simply be calculated.” “We’ll meet again someday on the avenue.” “The smile he’d give the other guys when everyone in the room knew we’d achieved lift off.” I thought about all the ways in which he and his various manifestations had woven themselves into my life over the last 30 years, and I said, “God, I can’t imagine what it would be like not to know Jerry Garcia.” “Somebody asked me, in an interview right before he died, what it was like to know Jerry Garcia. Not from a distance but as intimately as anyone can be loved - his soul and ours are forever intertwined." “Jerry Garcia is without question one of the most beloved human beings of all time. "Jerry was the Grateful Dead not because he was the band's unofficial leader or its icon, but because of his noble spirit and stupefying resilience.” His work and life will continue to be a limitless source of inspiration for all of us." "There is no one who has ever created music with the combination of intelligence, intuition, depth, creativity, and humor that Jerry Garcia has. Garcia “spoke to my jazz consciousness” and “symbolized freedom.” If you could pick one guy who was the essence of all the best things about the ‘60s and what happened with the hippie subculture, he would be the best example of that spirit.” “He was smart and very funny and had an awful lot of depth and compassion and soulfulness. If the sun was setting, they’d play a song about that. I’ve been up to 70 Dead shows, and the band always had something mystical going on. “My two biggest guitar influences were Jerry Garcia and Frank Zappa, and now they’re both gone. "Jerry Garcia’s talking guitar and vocal approach together painted images that let me experience the music on both a personal and what I believed to be a universal level." “I’ll miss him every time I hear the sweet sound of the steel guitar he played on Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s 'Teach Your Children.' ” And the radiance he had was so disarming and warm even a Deadhead of the most cataclysmic Wow! Would have felt disarmed.
“I wasn’t nervous meeting Garcia because it’s comfortable for me to be at the feet of musicians. “The first time I laid eyes on Jerry I believed in Santa Claus. “I quit washing dishes for a living when I saw Jerry Garcia and the rest of the band pull up to the club where I worked in limousines. For inspiration, love, and light, we thank you Jerry Garcia! Jerry was absolutely one of the most adored friends and musicians of all time, and our lives have been touched forever by his spirit and his music. July 30 / Thursday Happy Birthday, Jerry Garcia! Jerry Garcia would have been 73 today, and in honor of his birthday, we've put together a list of quotes by artists who have been influenced and inspired by his life.
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