Mickey Hart Quotes

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

Mickey Hart

• Love
• Uplifting

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

• Energy
• Powerful
• Release

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

Mickey Hart

• Powerful
• Grateful
• Heard

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

Mickey Hart

• First
• Adventure
• Steps

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

• Different
• Feelings
• Body

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

Mickey Hart

• Rhythm
• Noise

The voice of the drum is a spirit thing.

Mickey Hart

• Spirit
• Voice

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
• Power
• Artist

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

• Technology
• Realizing
• Engineering

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

Mickey Hart

• Giving
• Sound
• Expression

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