"St. Dilbert was walking in the market one day when up staggered a Bozo to ask his opinion on whether the king, Who had been caught with his hand in exchequer, ought to abdicate, be deposed, have his hand cut off, or be given a medal. With very little pondering, the Dilbert is said to have replied: "You Bozos slay me. You pick a king who best represents the sum of your individual lameness to rule you, and then complain because he has a big red nose." While considering this reply, the Bozo smelled smoke, and looking down realized that the Dilbert had, once again, placed a lighted match between his toes."-Hunter

"I've been playing for about 25 years. Right after my first drum lesson in high school I ran into my first set of drums, and another guy went out after his first guitar lesson and bought a guitar. That afternoon we played together. It was like instant love. That's why I started playing music. To make people feel good, because it made me feel good too. That's what the Grateful Dead is all about-communication between the band and the audience. Their really the seventh band member. There is some great power, be it God or whatever, that enters the Grateful Dead on certain nights, and it has to do with us being open and getting together with the audience. If we can do that, then it comes... and spreads everywhere."-Kreutzman

"A good night is effectively invisible. A good night is like no night at all. A good night is when you never think there is anything funny, everything happens smoothely, and you hear everything perfectly and effortlessly. On a good night everything is easy, from our point of view. Because that's then when we're most open to everything else. You're not hung up on your own ax and the sound of it. The vocal monitors might be weird or anything. All those things are little stubbling blocks that start to lose your attention. Ideally, that space is best when you aren't thinking at all. I don't know whether that's a good show. People might be bored stiff when we feel great. It might be that the continuous struggle and adjustment provides a lot of interest."-Garcia

Grateful Dead: The motif of a cycle of folk tales which being with the hero coming upon a group of people ill-treating or refusing to bury the corpse of a man who had died without paying his debts. He gives his last penny, either to pay the man's debts or to give him a decent burial. Within a few hours he meets with a traveling companion who aides him in some impossible task, gets him a fortune or saves his life. The story ends with the companion disclosing himself as the man who corpse the hero had befriended. (Funk & Wagnalls Dictionary)