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Bill Kreutzmann

"I mean, when it gets down to it I just wanted to play the drums. The rest of it never meant that much to me."

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"I mean, when it gets down to it I just wanted to play the drums. The rest of it never meant that much to me."

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"In the very beginning we were a real tight family but now it's different. You know, toward the end, we had separate limos, stuff like that. It's hard to get six giant egos in the same place."
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