Jim Morrison Quotes

the time to hesitate is through no time to wallowin the mire Try now we can only lose and our love become a funeral pyre

I am troubled, immeasurably by your eyes. I am struck by the feather of your soft reply. The sound of glass speaks quick, disdain and conceals what your eyes fight to explain.

The appeal of cinema lies in the fear of death.

You live you die and death not ends it.

No one here gets out alive.

Morning found us unaware, noon burn gold into our hair, at night we swim the laughin sea, where will we be?

The time you wait subtracts the joy The heads the angel you destroy

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

I wouldn't mind dying in a plane crash. It'd be a good way to go. I don't want to die in my sleep, or of old age, or OD... I want to feel what it's like. I want to taste it, hear it, smell it. Death is only going to happen to you once; I don't want to miss it

O great creator of being grant us one more hour to perform our art and perfect our lives.

Maybe primitive people have less bullshit to let go of, to give up. A person has to be willing to give up everything—not just wealth. All the bullshit he's been taught—all society's brainwashing. You have to let go of all that to get to the other side. Most people aren't willing to do that.

It may have been in pieces, but I gave you the best of me.

I've noticed that when people are joking they're usually dead serious, and when they're serious, they're usually pretty funny.

Music inflames temperament.

In the beginning we were creating our music, ourselves, every night . . . starting with a few outlines, maybe a few words for a song. Sometimes we worked out in Venice, looking at the surf. We were together a lot and it was good times for all of us. Acid, sun, friends, the ocean, and poetry and music.

Man, I'm sick of doubt.

I wonder why people like to believe I'm high all the time. I guess . . . maybe they think someone else can take their trip for them.

There are things known and things unknown and in between are The Doors.

There's nothing wrong with being a large mammal.

You know the day destroys the night, Night divides the day, Tried to run, Tried to hide, Break on through to the other side...

We have assembled inside this ancient / and insane theatre / To propagate our lust for life / and flee the swarming wisdom / of the streets

The time to hesitate is through.

...most of the press were vultures descending on the scene for curious America aplomb. Cameras inside the coffin interviewing worms.

Choose the day and choose the sign of your day! The day's divinity! First thing you see!!

People fear death even more than pain. It's strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the point of death, the pain is over. Yeah, I guess it is a friend.

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.

I want to have my kicks before the whole shithouse goes up in flames.

All games contain the idea of death.

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.

The kind of people who can assemble huge crowds into one spot will be the major influences on mass culture in the next decade. The rock enthusiasts have created some of the most exciting theatrical events on the planet.

People are terrified to be set free - they hold on to their chains. They fight anyone who tries to break those chains. It's their security... How can they expect me or anyone else to set them free if they don't really want to be free?

Death Makes Angels of us all.

Between childhood, boyhood, adolescence & manhood (maturity) there should be sharp lines drawn w/ Tests , deaths, feats, rites stories, songs, & judgements.

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

The gate is straight, Deep and wide, Break on through to the other side...

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

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. You feel your strength in the experience of pain.

Out here on the perimeter there are no stars. Out here we is stoned. Immaculate.

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

You feel your strength in the experience of pain.

the human race was dying out Noone left to scream n shout People living on the moon Smog will get you pretty soon Ship of Fools

This is the strangest life I've ever known.

Give form to the passing World. Freeways are a drama.

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

Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel.

I'm kind of hooked to the game of art and literature; my heroes are artists and writers.

Another flashing chance at bliss Another kiss, another kiss

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