We are content in 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.
JIM MORRISONWe fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict.
More Jim Morrison Quotes
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We hide ourselves in our music to reveal ourselves
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You have a lot of small choices. It’s like . . . I guess it’s the difference between suicide and slow capitulation . . .
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The best songs just come unasked for. You don’t have to think about them. Summer is a good time for songs.
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To keep their love, you keep pretending – performing. You get to love your pretense…It’s true, we’re locked in an image, an act – and the sad thing is, people get so used to their image
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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…
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The program for this evening is not new. You’ve seen this entertainment through and through.
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We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict.
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Getting drunk . . . you’re in complete control up to a point. It’s your choice, every time you take a sip.
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The grand highway is crowded w/lovers & searchers & leavers so eager to please & forget. Wilderness.
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I think people resist freedom because they’re afraid of the unknown. But it’s ironic.
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Most people love you for who you pretend to be….To keep their love, you keep pretending – performing.
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Is everybody in?… Is everybody in?… Is everybody in? The ceremony is about to begin…
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Ravaged and plundered and ripped her and bit her Stuck her with knives in the side of the dawn And tied her with fences and dragged her down
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We don’t plan theatrics. We hardly ever know which set we’ll play.
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When you make your peace with authority, you become authority.
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