Mickey Hart Quotes

• Adventures don't begin until you get into the forest. That first step is an act of faith.

  Mickey Hart

  Adventure, Firsts, Forests

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• There's nothing like music to relieve the soul and uplift it.

  Mickey Hart

  Music, Uplifting, Soul

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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.

  Mickey Hart

  Heart, Blood, Rhythm Of Life

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• A good groove releases adrenaline in your body. You feel uplifted, you feel centered, you feel calm, you feel powerful. You feel that energy. That's what good drumming is all about.

  Mickey Hart

  Powerful, Energy, Body

  "Mickey Hart returns attention to world music". www.cnn.com. December 02, 1998.

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• The adventure of composition is a mystery. The muse has her ways, she hides from you, comes for you in the middle of the night, at midday, at dawn. You must believe wholeheartedly in this divine power. Its an elusive gift that can appear at any time, anywhere. Artists are in awe of it.

  Mickey Hart

  Believe, Adventure, Artist

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• In the beginning, there was noise. Noise begat rhythm, and rhythm begat everything else.

  Mickey Hart

  Noise, Rhythm

  FaceBook post by Mickey Hart from Aug 13, 2016

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• The voice of the drum is a spirit thing.

  Mickey Hart

  Voice, Spirit

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• When I heard Grateful Dead music, I knew that it was the most powerful force on the planet.

  Mickey Hart

  Powerful, Grateful, Force

  "Q&A: The Dead’s Mickey Hart". Interview with William Goodman, www.spin.com. April 30, 2009.

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• Everywhere you look on the planet people are using drums to alter consciousness.

  Mickey Hart

  People, Looks, Consciousness

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• Music gives the soul this inner self-expression, a voice. It gives the soul a sound, the sound of the Muse.

  Mickey Hart

  Music, Self, Expression

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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.

  Mickey Hart

  School, Math, Technology

  "There’s a Fire on the Mountain" by Mickey Hart, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 22, 2011.

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• When you are drumming and really feeling the music, the beat, it is like you are transported to a different place, where you feel so exhilirated and calm through your whole body.

  Mickey Hart

  Feelings, Different, Body

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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.

  Mickey Hart

  Mean, Player, People

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• People will always try to find themselves and their place in the world.

  Mickey Hart

  People, Trying, World

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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.

  Mickey Hart

  Simple, Play, Airports

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• The musical mystery is: How do you marry tuned percussion and voice? On a metaphorical level, everything that's really important - like the clouds, the sky and the earth - is a giant mystery.

  Mickey Hart

  Musical, Important, Earth

  Source: www.rollingstone.com

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• 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.

  Mickey Hart

  Grateful, Play, People

  "Mickey Hart on the Grateful Dead: 'We Weren't a Girl Scouts Troop'". Interview with Benjy Eisen, www.rollingstone.com. April 16, 2012.

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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.

  Mickey Hart

  Art, Mind, Important

  "There’s a Fire on the Mountain" by Mickey Hart, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 22, 2011.

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• Dreams sometimes foretell the future.

  Mickey Hart

  Dream, Sometimes

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• When the Grateful Dead needed a quality sound system to deliver our sonic payload, I learned electronics and speaker design.

  Mickey Hart

  Grateful, Design, Quality

  "There’s a Fire on the Mountain" by Mickey Hart, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 22, 2011.

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• Art in the classroom not only spurs creativity, it also inspires learning.

  Mickey Hart

  Art, Creativity, Inspire

  "There’s a Fire on the Mountain" by Mickey Hart, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 22, 2011.

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