The job of the writer is to kiss no ass, no matter how big and holy and white and tempting and powerful.

It's time to move on to the next step in the psychedelic revolution. We've reached a certain point, but we're not moving any more.

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

Memory whispers someplace in that jumbled machinery.

That ain't me, that ain't my face. It wasn't even me when I was trying to be that face. I wasn't even really me them; I was just being the way I looked, the way people wanted.

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.

You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things.