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

- Mickey Hart

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

- Mickey Hart

Life is about rhythm. We vibrate, our hearts are pumping blood, we are a rhythm machine, that’s what we are.

- Mickey Hart

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. Y…

- Mickey Hart

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 …

- Mickey Hart

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 …

- Mickey Hart

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, te…

- Mickey Hart

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

- Mickey Hart

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

- Mickey Hart