Jim Morrison Professions : Singer Born : December 8, 1943 Died : July 3, 1971 Browse All Authors Top 171 quotes by Jim Morrison Being drunk is a good disguise. I drink so I can talk to assholes. This includes me. Jim Morrison disguise drink drunk There are things known and things unknown and in between are The Doors. Jim Morrison perception doors knowledge Time to live, time to lie, time to laugh, and time to die. Take it easy baby. Take it as it comes. Jim Morrison hippie baby lying Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free. Jim Morrison freedom positive inspirational 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 pretense...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. Jim Morrison hate self-esteem love 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. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they're afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their 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. Jim Morrison pain love-is reality The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. Jim Morrison giving-up freedom hippie I see myself as a huge fiery comet, a shooting star. Everyone stops, points up and gasps "Oh look at that!" Then - whoosh, and I'm gone... and they'll never see anything like it ever again... and they won't be able to forget me - ever. Jim Morrison stars gone looks Whoever controls the media, controls the mind. Jim Morrison uprising media life Give me songs to sing and emerald dreams to dream and I'll give you love unfolding. Jim Morrison inspirational-love dream song It may have been in pieces, but I gave you the best of me. Jim Morrison best-of-me pieces may 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. Jim Morrison pain hurt death How can I set free anyone who doesn't have the guts to stand up alone and declare his own freedom? I think it's a lie - people claim they want to be free - everybody insists that freedom is what they want the most, the most sacred and precious thing a man can possess. But that's bullshit! People are terrified to be set free - they hold on to their chains. They fight anyone who tries to break those chains. It's their securityHow can they expect me or anyone else to set them free if they don't really want to be free? Jim Morrison fighting men lying Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But, it's usually too battered with rules to be heard, and bound with pretenses so it can hardly move. We cripple ourselves with lies. Jim Morrison honesty truth sex A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself. Jim Morrison being-yourself best-friend friendship The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are...There can't be any large-scale revolution until there's a personal revolution, on an individual level. It's got to happen inside first. Jim Morrison levels important firsts Twentieth-century culture's disease is the inability to feel their reality. People cluster to TV, soap operas, movies, theater, pop idols and they have wild emotion over symbols. But in the reality of their own lives, they're emotionally dead. Jim Morrison idols reality people The future is uncertain but the end is always near. Jim Morrison uncertain ends time Nobody would stay interested in me if I was normal Jim Morrison normal ifs Is everybody in?... Is everybody in?... Is everybody in? The ceremony is about to begin... The program for this evening is not new. You've seen this entertainment through and through. You've seen your birth, your life and death. You might recall all the rest. Did you have a good world when you died? Enough to base a movie on? Jim Morrison evening may world Similar Authors Bert McCracken singer Betty Carter singer Bing Crosby singer Brian Fallon singer Brooke Allison singer Brook Benton singer All Authors
