Jim Morrison quotes

Jim Morrison, born James Douglas Morrison, was a legendary American singer, songwriter, and poet. Best known as the charismatic lead vocalist of the iconic rock band, The Doors, Morrison captivated audiences with his mesmerizing stage presence and thought-provoking lyrics. Born on December 8, 1943, in Melbourne, Florida, Morrison's enigmatic persona and rebellious spirit made him a countercultural icon of the 1960s. With timeless hits like "Light My Fire" and "Riders on the Storm," he left an indelible mark on the music scene. Despite his untimely death at the age of 27, Jim Morrison's talent continues to inspire generations of rock enthusiasts worldwide.

Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws.

- Jim Morrison

It's like gambling somehow. You go out for a night of drinking and you don't know where your going to end up the next day. It could work out good or it could be disastrous. It's like the throw of the dice.

- Jim Morrison

Where's your will to be weird?

- Jim Morrison

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.

- Jim Morrison

Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors.

- Jim Morrison

Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts.

- Jim Morrison

Violence isn't always evil. What's evil is the infatuation with violence.

- Jim Morrison

Music inflames temperament.

- Jim Morrison

Film spectators are quiet vampires.

- Jim Morrison

Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself - and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is.

- Jim Morrison

I think in art, but especially in films, people are trying to confirm their own existences.

- Jim Morrison

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

- Jim Morrison

This is the strangest life I've ever known.

- Jim Morrison

I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with the soul of a clown which forces me to blow it at the most important moments.

- Jim Morrison

The appeal of cinema lies in the fear of death.

- Jim Morrison

Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But, it's usually too battered with rules to be heard, and bound with pretenses so it can hardly move. We cripple ourselves with lies.

- Jim Morrison

When you make your peace with authority, you become authority.

- Jim Morrison

If my poetry aims to achieve anything, it's to deliver people from the limited ways in which they see and feel.

- Jim Morrison

Listen, real poetry doesn't say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through anyone that suits you.

- Jim Morrison

There are things known and things unknown and in between are the doors.

- Jim Morrison

Drugs are a bet with your mind.

- Jim Morrison

I'm interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos, especially activity that appears to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom.

- Jim Morrison

The most loving parents and relatives commit murder with smiles on their faces. They force us to destroy the person we really are: a subtle kind of murder.

- Jim Morrison

Love cannot save you from your own fate.

- Jim Morrison

I like any reaction I can get with my music. Just anything to get people to think. I mean if you can get a whole room full of drunk, stoned people to actually wake up and think, you're doing something.

- Jim Morrison

Actually I don't remember being born, it must have happened during one of my black outs.

- Jim Morrison

Hatred is a very underestimated emotion.

- Jim Morrison

I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos-especially activity that seems to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom... Rather than starting inside, I start outside and reach the mental through the physical.

- Jim Morrison

Blake said that the body was the soul's prison unless the five senses are fully developed and open. He considered the senses the 'windows of the soul.' When sex involves all the senses intensely, it can be like a mystical experence.

- Jim Morrison

We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict.

- Jim Morrison