We hide ourselves in our music to reveal ourselves
JIM MORRISONJealousy we understood and thought natural–a desire to have what somebody else had; but envy was a strange, new feeling for us.
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Rather than starting inside, I start outside and reach the mental through the physical.
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I see myself as a huge fiery comet, a shooting star. Everyone stops, points up and gasps “Oh look at that!” Then – whoosh, and I’m gone… and they’ll never see anything like it ever again… and they won’t be able to forget me – ever.
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A person has to be willing to give up everything—not just wealth. All the bullshit he’s been taught—all society’s brainwashing.
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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.
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You have to let go of all that to get to the other side. Most people aren’t willing to do that.
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I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos, especially activity that seems to have no meaning.
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Is everybody in?… Is everybody in?… Is everybody in? The ceremony is about to begin…
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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.
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Where’s your will to be weird?
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A man searching for paradise lost can seem a fool to those who never sought the other world.
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Some people surrender their freedom willingly but others are forced to surrender it. Imprisonment begins with birth.
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You feel your strength in the experience of pain.
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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 may be a time when we’ll attend Weather Theaters to recall the sensation of rain.
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I think people resist freedom because they’re afraid of the unknown. But it’s ironic.
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