Mickey Hart
Mickey Hart
Mickey Hartis an American percussionist and musicologist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 to February 1971 and from October 1974 to August 1995. He and fellow Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann earned the nickname "the rhythm devils"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDrummer
Date of Birth11 September 1943
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
There's nothing like music to relieve the soul and uplift it.
Adventures don't begin until you get into the forest. That first step is an act of faith.
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.
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.
Everywhere you look on the planet people are using drums to alter consciousness.
Art in the classroom not only spurs creativity, it also inspires learning.
People will always try to find themselves and their place in the world.
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.
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.