John Densmore
John Densmore
John Paul Densmoreis an American musician, songwriter, author and actor. He is best known as the drummer of the rock band The Doors, and as such is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was the sole drummer in the Doors' history and appeared on every recording made by the band. Densmore is also noted for his veto of attempts by the other two Doors members, in the wake of singer Jim Morrison's 1971 death, to...
crazy
In your twenties, everything makes you crazy.
mother
The first drum beat we all heard was our mother.
heartbeat
We have our own little heartbeat, too. We already have what I would call polyrhythms going on.
trying care musician
If an ensemble - I don't care if it's a duet or a forty-piece orchestra - the musicians, the two of them or the forty of them, are all trying to play as tight as possible, as one person. They're trying to play like they are one person.
garden thinking people
If you're playing live, I like to think of the ensemble, whether it's the duet or a forty piece orchestra, as one person. And the entire audience, whether it's twelve people or twelve thousand at Madison Square Garden, is the other person. The two of you are going to dance together tonight.
moving people heartbeat
The more the ensemble, the duet or the forty piece orchestra, plays as one person, the more it makes people dance, because you're back in the womb. You feel mom's heartbeat. It makes you move. It reminds you of that warm, groovy space you were in.
brother moving player
Bass players and drummers are brothers in the basement cooking up the groove that makes people move.
spirit courageous
Going first is courageous. I'm just talking on a spirit level now.
spiritual ensemble rays
When an ensemble is really tight or playing as one, it's a transcendental experience. It is spiritual. It goes beyond the ensemble. Ray and I and Robby and Jim were pretty tight, musically and spiritually.
appreciate catholic guilt
I was raised Catholic. I didn't appreciate the guilt and sin part of it.
play two trying
I don't play just one-two-three-four. I try to play melodies.
sex band polygamy
Being in a band is like polygamy without the sex.
sexy proud gigs
Fortunately, an extremely sexy, pixie-voiced blond named Ronnie Harran, who booked the Whisky, saw us...She had an ear for talent...the Whisky was finally a gig we could be proud of...
Those who go ahead provide a little light into the unknown.