I played music practically my entire life. But the first time I ever really played music was with John and Robby and Jim That's where it happened. it was an epiphany, a moment of profound clarity

You want a showman, go see rock 'n' roll bands today. You want to have a shamanistic experience, get psychedelic, then you watch The Doors.

To deny the darkness of the soul is to be but half a human being. But we had both sides.

Drugs shouldn't be used for recreation although they can be, but ultimately the point of psychedelics is to put you in touch with the powers of the universe.

The Doors movie is a pack of lies. It did not make money. You want to make money in America? Tell the truth.

One of the great gifts of being a human being is that you can get rid of yourself and enter into the oneness of music.

The ancient Egyptians used to say: if you say a man's name, he is alive. I take this opportunity to say, Jim Morrison.