 I used to think we were going to win in the '60s. Nixon went out and I thought we won. |
| You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case. |
| Me and Norman Mailer have talked about how hard it is in America to get better. Especially at writing. |
| We thought that by this time that there would be LSD given in classes in college and you would study it and prepare for it. |
| You've got to get out and pray to the sky to appreciate the sunshine; otherwise you're just a lizard standing there with the sun shining on you. |
| Listen, wait, and be patient. Every shaman knows you have to deal with the fire that's in your audience's eye. |
| Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing. |
| People think love is an emotion. Love is good sense. |
| Allen Ginsberg is a tremendous warrior as time goes by. He's a warrior first and a poet second. |
| The truth doesn't have to do with cruelty, the truth has to do with mercy. |
| When you're around the whole Dead scene, they're there as a tribal thing; they're there as part of a rendezvous and a pow-wow. |
| The '60s aren't over; they won't be over until the Fat Lady gets high. |
| Take what you can use and let the rest go by. |
| There's a lot of people who don't understand the circle crops in England. Pure enigma. |
| If grass were legalized, it would help our drug problem enormously. |
| You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things. |
| 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. |
| People don't want other people to get high, because if you get high, you might see the falsity of the fabric of the society we live in. |
| I was raised a Christian and was a stone-faced acid head. |
| Tricker the Squirrel is the best piece I ever wrote. It's intricate. |
