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.

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People think love is an emotion. Love is good sense.

People think love is an emotion. Love is good sense.

The '60s aren't over; they won't be over until the Fat Lady gets high.

The '60s aren't over; they won't be over until the Fat Lady gets high.

It's time to move on to the next step in the psychedelic revolution. We've reached...

It's time to move on to the next step in the psychedelic revolution. We've reached...

To hell with facts! We need stories!

To hell with facts! We need stories!

Take what you can use and let the rest go by

Take what you can use and let the rest go by

People don't want other people to get high, because if you get high, you might...

People don't want other people to get high, because if you get high, you might...

The truth doesn't have to do with cruelty, the truth has to do with mercy.

The truth doesn't have to do with cruelty, the truth has to do with mercy.

When Shakespeare was writing, he wasn't writing for stuff to lie on the page; it...

When Shakespeare was writing, he wasn't writing for stuff to lie on the page; it...

Take what you can use and let the rest go by.

Take what you can use and let the rest go by.

Me and Norman Mailer have talked about how hard it is in America to get...

Me and Norman Mailer have talked about how hard it is in America to get...

I was raised a Christian and was a stone-faced acid head.

I was raised a Christian and was a stone-faced acid head.

Fascism wants Baptism coast to coast.

Fascism wants Baptism coast to coast.

Allen Ginsberg is a tremendous warrior as time goes by. He's a warrior first and...

Allen Ginsberg is a tremendous warrior as time goes by. He's a warrior first and...

The fundamentalists have taken the fun out of the mental.

The fundamentalists have taken the fun out of the mental.

Tricker the Squirrel is the best piece I ever wrote. It's intricate.

Tricker the Squirrel is the best piece I ever wrote. It's intricate.

I used to think we were going to win in the '60s. Nixon went out...

I used to think we were going to win in the '60s. Nixon went out...

You've got to get out and pray to the sky to appreciate the sunshine; otherwise...

You've got to get out and pray to the sky to appreciate the sunshine; otherwise...

Leary can get a part of my mind that's kind of rusted shut grinding again,...

Leary can get a part of my mind that's kind of rusted shut grinding again,...

We thought that by this time that there would be LSD given in classes in...

We thought that by this time that there would be LSD given in classes in...

Loved. You can't use it in the past tense. Death does not stop that love...

Loved. You can't use it in the past tense. Death does not stop that love...