Robert Hunter Quotes

American lyricist, musician, singer-songwriter, translator, and poet

Robert C. Hunter (June 23, 1941 – September 23, 2019) was the primary lyricist on Grateful Dead albums from until the band formally retired the name with the death of Jerry Garcia.

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Birth Name: Robert Christie Burns

Alternative Names: Robert C. Christie Hunter • Robert Burns

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Ain't no time to hate, barely time to wait. Wo-oh, what I want to know, where does the time go?

It's the same story the crow told me, it's the only one he knows. Like the morning sun you come and like the wind you go.

Well, the first days are the hardest days, don't you worry anymore. When life looks like Easy Street there is danger at your door.

When I was just a little young boy, Papa said "Son, you'll never get far, I'll tell you the reason if you want to know, 'cause child of mine, there isn't really very far to go."

Shall we go, you and I, while we can? Through... the transitive nightfall of diamonds

Oh no well I / been there before / and I ain't a comin back around / there no more / no I'm not