Jim Morrison

Musician, Poet

Jim Morrison was the lead singer of The Doors, known for his poetic lyrics and exploration of freedom and rebellion in music.

Born
December 8, 1943
Died
July 3, 1971
Quotes
164
Rank
#474

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"Death Makes Angels of us all."

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"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"

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"Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws."

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"When you make your peace with authority, you become authority."

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"I think the highest and lowest points are the important ones. Anything else is just...in between."

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"Blake said that the body was the soul's prison unless the five senses are fully developed and open. He considered the senses the 'windows of the soul.' When sex involves all the senses intensely, it can be like a mystical experence."

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"The grand highway is crowded w/lovers & searchers & leavers so eager to please & forget. Wilderness."

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"A hero is someone who rebels or seems to rebel against the facts of existence and seems to conquer them. Obviously that can only work at moments. It can't be a lasting thing. That's not saying that people shouldn't keep trying to rebel against the facts of existence. Someday, who knows, we might conquer death, disease and war."

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"Getting drunk . . . you're in complete control up to a point. It's your choice, every time you take a sip. You have a lot of small choices. It's like . . . I guess it's the difference between suicide and slow capitulation . . ."

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"Violence isn't always evil. What's evil is the infatuation with violence."

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"I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos, especially activity that seems to have no meaning."

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"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."

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"There are no laws, there are no rules, just grab your friend and love him."

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

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