The human being receives the pleasure from music, not from the argument over what it is.

I'm interested in music, not in my image. If someone plays something fantastic, that I could never have thought of, it makes me happy to know it exists.

That's what I was trying to say when we were talking about sound. I think that every person, whether they play music or don't play music, has a sound - their own sound, that thing that you're talking about.

All the things that human beings suffer from are how their environment treats them, and how the elements of their planet affects their mind and body--like radiation, cancer, and all.

The human being receives the pleasure from music, not from the argument over what it is.

Only America makes you feel that everybody wants to be like you. That's what success is: Everybody wants to be like you.

Jerry Garcia was one of the original American icons. He played naturally and beautifully.