Western ears have a hard time hearing anything that isn't in four-four time. A lot of cultures experience music in five-eight, for example, five-four.

All I know is, if you listen to society, you'll never get anywhere!

There are any number of things that survive great, and don't need any kind of consciousness, so why bother going through all the trouble of evolving monkeys that don't run very well or climb very fast or have particularly sharp teeth, but have big heads.

You can't repeat things because each time is different. The universe has changed. Everything has changed.

Magic is what we do, music is how we do it.

I think The Grateful Dead kind of represents the spirit of being able to go out and have an adventure in America at large.

And as far as I'm concerned, it's like I say, drugs are not the problem. Other stuff is the problem.