Jim Morrison
Singer
1943-12-08 – 1971-07-03
Jim Morrison was an American singer, songwriter, and poet best known as the lead vocalist of the Doors. He became a defining figure of late-1960s rock through theatrical performance and lyrical writing. His short career left a lasting influence on rock music and countercultural imagery.
Quotes by Jim Morrison
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We are content with the 'given' in sensation's quest. We have been metamorphosised from a mad body dancing on hillsides to a pair of eyes staring in the dark.
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You feel your strength in the experience of pain.
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People are strange when you're a stranger.
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I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human being with the soul of a clown which always forces me to blow it at the most important moments.
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Through art they confuse us and blind us to our enslavement. Art adorns our prison walls, keeps us silent and diverted and indifferent.
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Love is a dream. Dreams are good, but do not be surprised if you wake up in tears.
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Door of passage to the other side, the soul frees itself in stride.
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If my poetry aims to achieve anything, it's to deliver people from the limited ways in which they see and feel.
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Listen, real poetry doesn't say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through anyone that suits you.
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There are things known and there are things unknownand in between are the doors.
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We're reaching for death on the end of a candle We're trying for something that's already found us
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I'll never wake up in a good mood again.I'm tired of these stinky boots
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Actually I don't remember being born, it must have happened during one of my black outs.
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I've noticed that when people are joking they're usually dead serious, and when they're serious, they're usually pretty funny.
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Some of the worst mistakes in my life were haircuts
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The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your sense for an act. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. There can't be any large-scale revolution until there's a personal revolution, on an individual level. It's got to happen inside first.
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This is the strangest life I have ever known.
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No one here gets out alive.
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I think the highest and lowest points are the important ones. Anything else is just...in between.
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People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that's bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they're afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they're wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. It's all in how you carry it. That's what matters. Pain is a feeling. Your feelings are a part of you. Your own reality. If you feel ashamed of them, and hide them, you're letting society destroy your reality. You should stand up for your right to feel your pain.
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