List of Mickey Hart Quotes

Art In The Classroom Not Only Spurs Creativity, It Also Inspires Learning.

When The Grateful Dead Needed A Quality Sound System To Deliver Our Sonic Payload, I Learned Electronics And Speaker Design.

Dreams Sometimes Foretell The Future.

People Will Always Try To Find Themselves And Their Place In The World.

The Point Is That The Arts Are Important Enough To Have Influenced The Greatest Minds And Talents We Know. Albert Einstein Said That If He Were Not A Physicist, He Would Probably Be A Musician.

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 Free, And That Was A Wonderful Thing.

The Musical Mystery Is: How Do You Marry Tuned Percussion And Voice? On A Metaphorical Level, Everything That's Really Important - Like The Clouds, The Sky And The Earth - Is A Giant Mystery.

Egyptian Drumming Happens To Be A Favorite Of Mine. It's A Really Simple Instrument, But It's Really Difficult To Play. You Can Take It Anywhere With You - You Can Play It In Your Room, In An Airport. It's Very Quiet, So You Explore The Quiet Side.

What Is The Best Music Is Impossible To Define. Just Because It's Played By A Virtuoso Player, Doesn't Mean It's Great Music. It Might Not Reflect The Soul Of A People, Which Is Really My Criteria For Great Music.

When You Are Drumming And Really Feeling The Music, The Beat, It Is Like You Are Transported To A Different Place, Where You Feel So Exhilirated And Calm Through Your Whole Body.

Everywhere You Look On The Planet People Are Using Drums To Alter Consciousness.

I Hated Science In High School. Technology? Engineering? Math? Why Would I Ever Need This? Little Did I Realize That Music Was Also About Science, Technology, Engineering And Mathematics, All Rolled Into One.