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Jim Morrison Quotes (1943-1971)
Writer, Poet, Musician
About Jim Morrison
James Douglas Morrison (8 December 1943 – 3 July 1971) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, poet and founding member of The Doors.
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“Mute nostril agony.”
“I touched her thigh
and death smiled”
and death smiled”
“Always a playground instructor, never a Killer”
“Her cunt gripped him like a warm friendly hand.”
“The future's uncertain and the end is always near”
“There's a killer on the road
His brain is squirming like a toad.”
His brain is squirming like a toad.”
“Indian, Indian what did you die for?
Indian says, nothing at all.”
Indian says, nothing at all.”
“There are things known and things unknown and in between are the doors.”
“It hurts to set you free, but you’ll never follow me.”
“Do you dare
deny my
potency
my kindness
or forgiveness?”
deny my
potency
my kindness
or forgiveness?”
“(Windows work two ways, mirrors one way.)
You never walk through mirrors or swim through windows.”
You never walk through mirrors or swim through windows.”
“I'll tell you this —
No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn.”
No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn.”
“Lying on stained wretched sheets with the bleeding virgin,
we could plan a murder...or start a religion.”
we could plan a murder...or start a religion.”
“Listen to this, and I'll tell you 'bout the heartache
I'll tell you 'bout the heartache and the loss of God.”
I'll tell you 'bout the heartache and the loss of God.”
“The subject says "I see first lots of things which dance — then everything becomes gradually connected".”
“When you're strange
Faces come out of the rain
When you're strange
No one remembers your name
When you're strange.”
Faces come out of the rain
When you're strange
No one remembers your name
When you're strange.”
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Jim Morrison on Religiousness 3 quotes
View all 3 quotes on Religiousness →Jim Morrison on Alchemy 2 quotes
“Alchemy is an erotic science, involved in buried aspects of reality, aimed at purifying and transforming all being and matter.”
Jim Morrison on Strangers
“People are strange when you're a stranger.”
Jim Morrison on Future
“The future's uncertain and the end is always near ...”
Jim Morrison on Angels
Jim Morrison on Weather
“Strange, fertile correspondences the alchemists sensed in unlikely orders of being. Between men and planets, plants and gestures, words and weather.”
Jim Morrison on Body
“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.”
Jim Morrison on Comet
“I see myself as a huge fiery comet, a shooting star. Everyone stops, points up and gasps "Oh look at that!" Then — whoosh, and I'm gone... and they'll never see anything like it ever again... and they won't be able to forget me — ever.”
Jim Morrison on Metal
“Few would defend a small view of Alchemy as "Mother of Chemistry", and confuse its true goal with those external metal arts. Alchemy is an erotic science, involved in buried aspects of reality, aimed at purifying and transforming all being and matter. Not to suggest that material operations are ever abandoned. The adept holds to both the mystical and physical work.”
Jim Morrison on Love (band)
“Love was the popular underground group in L.A. at that time, and we figured, well, if they went on Elektra, it must be a good label ... I think it was sad about Love, they were incredible, well, it's really Arthur Lee, I suppose, because... although the first Love group was a very, very great group. But I don't think they were willing to travel, and to go through all the games and numbers that you have to do to get it out to a large number of people. If they'd done that, I think they could have been as big as anyone. And someday they will.”
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Ray Manzarek on Jim Morrison
“He was giving voice in a rock 'n' roll setting to the Oedipus complex, at the time a widely discussed tendency in Freudian psychology. He wasn't saying he wanted to do that to his own mom and dad. He was re-enacting a bit of Greek drama. It was theatre!”
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Quotes mistakenly credited to Jim Morrison
“There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.”
About Jim Morrison
James Douglas Morrison (8 December 1943 – 3 July 1971) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, poet and founding member of The Doors.