Mickey Hart quotes

There's nothing like music to relieve the soul and uplift it. (Mickey Hart)
When the Grateful Dead needed a quality sound system to deliver our sonic payload, I learned electronics and speaker design. View quote
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Art in the classroom not only spurs creativity, it also inspires learning. View quote
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Dreams sometimes foretell the future. View quote
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Life is about rhythm. We vibrate, our hearts are pumping blood, we are a rhythm machine, that's what we are. View quote
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In the beginning, there was noise. Noise begat rhythm, and rhythm begat everything else. View quote
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The point is that the arts are important enough to have influenced the greatest minds and talents we know. Albert Einstein said that if he were not a physicist, he would probably be a musician. View quote
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I hated science in high school. Technology? Engineering? Math? Why would I ever need this? Little did I realize that music was also about science, technology, engineering and mathematics, all rolled into one. View quote
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Egyptian drumming happens to be a favorite of mine. It's a really simple instrument, but it's really difficult to play. You can take it anywhere with you - you can play it in your room, in an airport. It's very quiet, so you explore the quiet side. View quote
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People will always try to find themselves and their place in the world. View quote
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When I heard Grateful Dead music, I knew that it was the most powerful force on the planet. (Mickey Hart)
The Grateful Dead were very kind. It was Santa Claus. It did good things. It allowed other people to benefit. The benefits that we played were enormous, and we played free. So you've got a band that loves to play free, and that was a wonderful thing. View quote
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What is the best music is impossible to define. Just because it's played by a virtuoso player, doesn't mean it's great music. It might not reflect the soul of a people, which is really my criteria for great music. View quote
Mickey Hart

Mickey Hart

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Occupation: American Musician
Born: September 11, 1943
Quotes count: 13