I think, in these days, especially in the States, you have to be a politician or an assassin or something, to really be a superstar.

I think that phrase is the most horrible phrase in the English language - 'I don't know.' It's terribly embarrassing.

Do you know we are ruled by T.V.?

There are no laws, there are no rules, just grab your friend and love him.

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. We don't plan theatrics. We hardly ever know which set we'll play.

Windows work two ways, mirrors one way. You never walk through mirrors or swim through windows.

Los Angeles is a city looking for a ritual to join its fragments, and The Doors are looking for such a ritual also. A kind of electric wedding. We hide ourselves in the music to reveal ourselves.