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You Have To Get Past The Idea That Music Has To Be One Thing. To Be Alive In America Is To Hear All Kinds Of Music Constantly: Radio, Records, Churches, Cats On The Street, Everywhere Music. And With Records, The Whole History Of Music Is Open To Everyone Who Wants To Hear It.

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Music Goes Way Back Before Language Does. And Music Is Like The Key To A Whole Spiritual Existence Which This Society Doesn't Even Talk About. We Know It's There. The Grateful Dead Plays At Religious Services Essentially. We Play At The Religious Services Of The New Age. Everybody Gets High, And That's What It's All About Really. Getting High Is A Lot More Real Than Listening To A Politician. You Can Think That Getting High Actually Did Happen - That You Danced, And Got Sweaty, And Carried On. It Really Did Happen. I Know When It Happens. I Know It When It Happens Every Time.

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You Listen To A Politician Making A Speech, And It Is Like Hearing Nothing. Whereas, Music Is Unmistakably Music. The Thing About Music Is That Nobody Listens To It Unless It's Real. I Don't Think That You Can Fool Anybody For Too Long In Music. And You Certainly Can't Fool Everybody.