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.
JIM MORRISONA person has to be willing to give up everything—not just wealth. All the bullshit he’s been taught—all society’s brainwashing.
More Jim Morrison Quotes
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The sound of glass speaks quick, disdain and conceals what your eyes fight to explain.
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In the beginning we were creating our music, ourselves, every night . . . starting with a few outlines, maybe a few words for a song.
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We don’t plan theatrics. We hardly ever know which set we’ll play.
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I like to let each thing happen – direct it a little consciously, maybe – but just kind of follow the vibrations I get in each particular circumstance.
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Drugs are a bet with your mind.
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The gate is straight, Deep and wide, Break on through to the other side…
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Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors.
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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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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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All your soft wild promises were words, birds, endlessly in flight.
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Time to live, time to lie, time to laugh, and time to die. Take it easy baby. Take it as it comes.
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We could plan a murder Or start a religion.
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I like any reaction I can get with my music.
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Los Angeles is a city looking for a ritual to join its fragments, and The Doors are looking for such a ritual also.
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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 give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask.
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