Acid for the Children: A Memoir
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my river widened and strengthened even more as I felt the truth of my purpose reaffirmed once again, the strength of these two different cultures expressed so profoundly through the highest of human endeavors.
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Tears are not a sad or happy thing, they mean you care. I’m a wimp who cries too, so be it.
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George Clinton told me that Woodstock was the end of the hippie truth, after that, it was all for sale.
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Peace and love, dude. The world is cruel enough as it is. Everything that is not love is cowardice.
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It’s so hard when you know someone is sweet and beautiful inside, but they can’t outrun the demons and ignorance of their family culture.
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Nothing special about me, we’ve all got our own sacred place, but to access it, your mission must be pure and your aim true.
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Ain’t no getting high without the comedown.
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the hangover was worse than the high was good, that it was a losing bargain, and stop.
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All music has magic in it ya know, even shitty pop music. Thelonious Monk was once asked about what kind of music he liked to listen to, and he replied, “I love all music.” The journalist persisted, asking, “Even country music?” Monk said, “What part of what I just said do you not understand?”
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Oh, the comedown.…one always has to pay the piper one way or another to get back in to the real world.
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Oh, war. Oh, Weltschmerz.
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From the first note, our band was already a massive success, as big as it would ever be. I knew it was all there.