99 Awesome Quotes By Jim Morrison That Will Help You Live A Meaningful Life
James Douglas Morrison, who was better known as simply Jim Morrison, was one of the most famous rock stars of the 1960s and is of-ten regarded as perhaps the greatest rock star to have ever lived. Morri-son was a singer and song writer par excellence and became famous all over the world as the front man of the musical band ‘The Doors’. Morri-son was famous for the wild live performances that he delivered with the rest of his band members and a liking for drugs and alcohol made him an icon of the ‘swinging ’60s’. Morrison was famous for being a rebel and not only did he inspire the musicians of his
generation but also the musicians who came along in later years.Morrison was also an accomplished poet and in fact he used to recite his poems in between songs during live concerts with his band. Through his songs, poems and overall persona, he became a cultural icon of his era and remains one to this day. Through his songs and poems, Morrison delivered a lot of wisdom that are oft quoted by people to this day. Here are some of the select quotes from the man who was given the epithet ‘The Lizard King’.
Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.
Where's your will to be weird?
The future is uncertain but the end is always near.
It may have been in pieces, but I gave you the best of me.
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.
A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.
You feel your strength in the experience of pain.
No one here gets out alive.
There are things known and there are things unknown and in between are the doors.
Whoever controls the media, controls the mind
Some of the worst mistakes in my life were haircuts
The most loving parents and relatives commit murder with smiles on their faces. They force us to destroy the person we really are: a subtle kind of murder.
I like people who shake other people up and make them feel uncomfortable.
People are strange . . .
I think the highest and lowest points are the important ones. Anything else is just...in between.
Time to live, time to lie, time to laugh, and time to die. Take it easy baby. Take it as it comes.
I've noticed that when people are joking they're usually dead serious, and when they're serious, they're usually pretty funny.
Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders round as ravens claws.
Listen, real poetry doesn't say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through anyone that suits you.
There are no laws, there are no rules, just grab your friend and love him.
I am troubled, immeasurably by your eyes. I am struck by the feather of your soft reply. The sound of glass speaks quick, disdain and conceals what your eyes fight to explain.
No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn.
Drugs are a bet with your mind.
Actually I don't remember being born, it must have happened during one of my black outs.
We're reaching for death on the end of a candle We're trying for something that's already found us
Are you a lucky little lady in the City of Light? Or just another lost angel... City of Night?
People fear death even more than pain. It's strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the point of death, the pain is over. Yeah, I guess it is a friend
Man, I'm sick of doubt.
I believe in a long, prolonged, derangement of the senses in order to obtain the unknown.
I'll never wake up in a good mood again. I'm tired of these stinky boots
