Jim Morrison
Jim Morrison
James Douglas "Jim" Morrisonwas an American singer, songwriter, and poet best remembered as the lead singer of the Doors...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth8 December 1943
CountryUnited States of America
pain reality love-is
People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that's bullshit. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they are afraid to feel. Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide pain but they're wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. It's all in how you carry it.
love real self-esteem
That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is. Most people love you for who you pretend to be. To keep their love, you keep pretending - performing. You get to love your pretence. It's true, we're locked in an image, an act - and the sad thing is, people get so used to their image, they grow attached to their masks. They love their chains. They forget all about who they really are. And if you try to remind them, they hate you for it, they feel like you're trying to steal their most precious possession.
blow forces human sensitive
I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human being with the soul of a clown which always forces me to blow it at the most important moments.
activity appears freedom interested seems toward
I'm interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos, especially activity that appears to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom.
accident bow feeling ideally pulled string suddenly suited work
You could say it's an accident that I was ideally suited for the work I am doing. It's the feeling of a bow string being pulled back for 22 years and suddenly being let go...