James Douglas Morrison, more often known as Jim Morrison was a very important American singer-songwriter and poet born in 1943 in Melbourne, United States.
As a member and vocalist of the famous rock group “The Doors”, Jim Morrison has been one of the most iconic voices of the 20th century. During his career, Morrison interacted with many other famous performers such as: Jimmy Hendrix, Janis Joplin, David Crosby and a long etcetera.
The best phrases of Jim Morrison, an incomparable musician
His songs and personality made this artist one of the most influential performers in the world of rock. Do you want to know what Jim Morrison’s most famous phrases were? In the text that you will find below you can discover them.
Music is capable of causing us a great amount of emotions.
13. I think that, internally, there is a considerable range of images and feelings that is rarely demonstrated in everyday life… When these regions of images and feelings are externalized, they can take on perverse forms.
We all think things that we do not later carry out in our lives, we must know how to differentiate which thoughts are positive for us and which are not.
14. Movie viewers are silent vampires.
As we can see from this phrase, Jim Morrison was not a big fan of the seventh art.
15. When you make peace with authority, you become the authority.
If we accept the established order we will inevitably become part of it.
16. Where is your willingness to be weird?
We must defend our way of being, we are all unique in our own way.
17. Violence is not always bad. The bad thing is the infatuation with violence.
Violence is something that Morrison felt somewhat free with, in a situation of chaos we are free to be who we really are.
18. The day I read that alcohol was bad for your health, I stopped reading.
Without a doubt he was a convinced drinker, as we can see.
19. Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and disappears. You’re free.
We must not fall prey to fear, we must overcome it and learn to overcome it.
20. People fear death even more than pain. It is strange that they fear death. Life hurts much, much more than death. In death, the pain is over.
A very peculiar way of understanding death, but it is true that death is also rest.
21. If my poetry is meant to achieve anything, it is to develop people in the limited ways they look and feel.
This singer tried with his music to help people improve themselves. We all need to overcome our fears.
22. I won’t go out there. You will have to enter inside me.
To understand this artist’s music, we must take a journey into his subconscious.
23. Revolt and only revolt is the creator of light and it can only take three paths: poetry, freedom and love.
For Jim Morrison these aspects were the three fundamental pillars in his life (poetry, freedom and love).
24. Comrades, let’s ban applause, the spectacle is everywhere.
We can create a show anywhere we go, not just on a simple stage.
25. Love cannot save you from your own destiny.
Destiny is something that will come to all of us, regardless of the person we are.
26. A friend is someone who gives you complete freedom to be yourself.
Our friends must accept us as we are, otherwise they are not really friends.
27. Keep your eyes on the road, your hands on the wheel.
Being focused is what will lead us to achieve our goals.
28. Death makes angels of all of us and gives us wings where we had round shoulders like crows’ claws.
A very poetic phrase that wants to tell us that in death we will be free from any physical limitations.
29. The most loving parents and relatives commit murders with smiles on their faces. They force us to destroy the person we really are: a subtle type of murder.
We must not be carried away by the interests of those around us, we must be faithful to our purposes.
30. There is nothing wrong with being a large mammal.
Indeed, the human being is no longer just another animal.
31. I believe in democracy. I do not think that it is necessary to have a president. I think it should be a total democracy.
In this quote we can sense how Morrison had rather republican ideas.
32. I am interested in anything about disorder, chaos, especially activity that seems to make no sense. It seems to me that it is the path to freedom.
In disorder and chaos, as this singer-songwriter says, we can find an environment where we can feel freer.
33. The appeal of cinema lies in the fear of death.
Cinema uses the morbidity that death transmits to part of the population, to create a large number of films.
34. It may have been in pieces, but I gave it my best.
We must transmit our best version to our friends and family.
35. He who controls the media controls the mind.
The great power of the media in the minds of the population.
36. Hate is a very underrated emotion.
Hate can cause great havoc in society.
37. Our culture mocks primitive cultures and prides itself on the repression of natural instincts and impulses.
Indeed, Western society forces us to repress a large part of our instincts.
38. This is the strangest life I have ever known.
As rock stars we can live a very confusing and fast-paced life.
39. Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts.
Without a doubt, styling was a very important issue in Morrison’s life.
40. Drugs are a bet with your mind.
At that time, the conception that many people had about drugs was different from the current idea.
41. You feel your strength in the experience of pain.
When they cause us pain, we can show how strong we are.
42. I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with the soul of a clown that forces me to fly in the most important moments.
We should all value and love ourselves, Morrison evidently thought highly of himself.
43. The future is uncertain but the end is always near.
Society is permanently on the tightrope, nowadays an event can change the course of history.
44. We fear violence less than our own feelings.
We should know how to accept our feelings and learn to live with them.
45. A hero is someone who rebels or seems to rebel against the facts of existence and seems to conquer them.
This was his personal definition of the term “hero”: someone who against all odds stands up against injustice.
46. When other people expect us to be the way they want, they force us to destroy the person we really are. It is a very subtle way of killing. Most parents commit this crime with a smile on their lips.
We should not try to change other people, they should be who they really are.
47. I was just exploring the limits of reality. I’d be curious to see what happens.
This singer looked for an escape route from the life he was leading in drugs, something he shared with many other celebrities of the moment.
48. The only people that interest me are those who are crazy, people who are crazy to live, crazy to talk, crazy to save themselves, wanting everything at the same time.
As this quote tells us very well, we must live life to the fullest, take advantage of every second of it.
49. There are known things and unknown things and in the middle are the Doors.
Where is our life going? That is a question that depends on ourselves.
50. The most important type of freedom is to be who you really are.
We must feel free to express ourselves openly, to show others what our personality is.
51. People who never yawn or talk about commonplaces, but rather burn, burn like fabulous yellow rockets exploding like spiders among the stars.
Repressing our emotions can lead us to one day “explode” emotionally in an uncontrolled way.
52. I think that, internally, there is a considerable range of images and feelings that is rarely demonstrated in everyday life… When these regions of images and feelings are externalized they can take on perverse forms.
Many of us do not express or do not know how to express our emotions, this can result in negative behavior in the future.
53. We want the World, and we want it now!
The ambition of this group had no limits, they knew they were capable of anything.
54. I could be a journalist. I think interviews are the new art form. I believe that self-interviewing is the essence of creativity. That is, asking yourself questions and trying to find your own answers. After all, what a writer does is answer a series of unspoken questions.
In interviews we can show the media what we really are like.
55. I am the man of freedom, that is all the fortune I have.
Feeling free can make us much happier men.
56. I am the Lizard King, I can do anything.
One of Jim Morrison’s most famous nicknames: The Lizard King.
57. Man, I’m sick of doubts.
In order to achieve our objective we must not hesitate when carrying out our task.
58. Hey, listen up. I used to think it was all a big joke. I thought it was something to laugh about, and the last couple of weeks I met some people who were doing something. They were trying to change the world and now I want to join the journey. I want to change the world.
Feeling free was something that this singer pursued throughout his life.
59. Listen, true poetry says nothing; it only shows options. Open all the doors. You can go through any entrance you want.
For Morrison, poetry was also a great escape, an art where he could express himself freely.
60. That’s what real love means: letting a person be who they really are. Most people love you for who you pretend to be. To keep his love, you keep pretending, acting. You come to love your claim. It’s true, we are trapped in an image, in an act, and the sad thing is that people get so used to their image and become attached to their masks. They love their chains. They forget 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.
We should not change our way of being to maintain a relationship, who we are is something much more important.
61. We could plan a murder or start a religion.
Man is capable of everything, everything positive and everything negative in society.
62. Now listen to this… I’ll tell you about Texas radio and the big beat.
In interviews, Morrison showed what his way of being was; the character he possessed earned him a good number of fans.
63. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone could inflict.
Emotional pain can be very difficult to cope with, the comfort of others can sometimes not help us.
64. The time to doubt has passed.
By being true to ourselves we will achieve everything we set out to do.
65. We are on our path and we cannot go back.
The rise of The Doors was seen by everyone as unstoppable.
66. This is the end, beautiful friend.
One of Jim Morrison’s most famous quotes, in the famous song “The End”.
67. I will never look into your eyes again.
With a look we can know what the other person is thinking.
68. So limited and free.
We can not have material goods but still feel completely free.
69. The streets are immortal fields.
The streets are where society interacts, big cities seem to have no end.
70. Warm my mind next to your soft oven.
In “The Doors” songs, their lyrics often talk about personal relationships.
71. I want to hear the butterfly cry.
Some of Morrison’s verses are truly poetic and evocative.
72. Music is your only friend.
Music was the true passion of this singer and composer, who became the biggest star of the time.
73. Father, I want to kill you.
The classic myth of Oedipus is mentioned in the song “The End.”
74. Like a dog without a bone, like an actor without a loan.
This is how the protagonist of “Riders on the storm” feels while driving through the storm.
75. Girl, we couldn’t be more high.
Experimentation with recreational drugs is one of the most common themes in Doors songs.
76. Poor my former high school classmates, they now have to be wise men.
Jim Morrison never had any interest in being a father, some of his most famous quotes attest to this.
77. The day I read that alcohol was bad for your health I stopped reading.
One of the least known facets of Morrison is his sense of humor.
78. Being drunk is a good disguise. I drink to talk to idiots. That includes myself.
During the last years of his life, this great singer and composer took refuge in drinking and drug use.
79. I will always be a man of words. More than a birdman
This great artist was a true magician of words and a reference for an entire generation.
80. She has a house and garden, I would like to see what happens there
“Love street” is a love song dedicated to his future wife Pamela Courson.
