Jim Morrison is without a doubt one of music’s most enduring stars. Poet, rock god and controversial bad boy, he was also a man who in his 27 short years philosophized greatly on life, love and the universe. Surprisingly, at the beginning of his career, he was an incredibly reserved stage performer who often sang with his back to the crowd. Yet by the end so powerful were his performances that more than once they led to riots. This passion can be seen in his lyrics, his poetry and his musings. To celebrate that lust for life, here are 13 Jim Morrison quotes that’ll make you look at your own life differently.
We think these Jim Morrison quotes show that Mr. Mojo Risin’ was as much as a philosopher as a rock star and he wasn’t alone. Take these John Lennon quotes, the words of another amazingly worldly-wise musician taken from us far too soon. But what others deserve to be celebrated here? Let us know in the comments below.
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I think that’s the first time I have evers seen a pic of Jim smiling.
Who controls the media control your mind hits the nail on the head. Although sounds like something from 1984 not the doors
Some interesting thoughts but I always wonder with Morrison whether he was wise or pretentious? He was only a kid after all
Some great tunes but I vote pretentious dick
he certainly was extremely pretentious at times. only an arrested case of adolescence would think otherwise. but he also had a great vocal ans a lot of lyrical noteworthiness.
Assuming someone is not wise out of age is pretentious.
Who controls the media controls your mind. So true! Let’s see how many times we had people copy cat movies with crime, or how we waist our precious time and money on shitty movies, while we make Hollyweird rich what a waist of our hard earned money.
There should be rules in making movies and showing crimes, in many countries they show a knife and blood but no cutting humans flesh, or the story has to make sense. In general people should get permit to make films.
His IQ was 149 and he finished reading the complete works of Nietzsche at age 17. I say wise.
The definition of a friend is the best one. Nails it on the head.
Yeah. I’ve been a lifelong Doors fan. Introduced to the Doors at 14 and I’m 38 now so….quarter century of listening to Jim and the gang..and reading all his works to say that quote number 3 ( the really long one ) , ” give up defining yourself- to yourself or others….” Is ABSOLUTELY not a Morrison quote. It was written by Eckhart Tolle in ( I believe ) the 90’s, maybe 2000’s. Point is, do you’re fucking research bro. There are a million awesome things the lizard King actually said- so give credit where credit is due and don’t where it’s not. C’mon man.
So funny. I was thinking the same thing. Also, how ironic, I am 38, and was also introduced to them around 14, have all the albums, read every book, and I too know, this was not a Jim quote.
MY FIRST DOORS CONCET – AUG 2 FRIDAY 1968 NY SINGER BOWL* SHOW COMPLETE WITH RIIOT* ! MY FATHER WAS NOT TOO HAPPY ! I WAS ! THEN MET HIM IN NYC* HOTELL NAVARO* AFTER THE DOORS PERFORMED AT THE NY FELT FORUM* IN JANUARY 1971 ! GOT TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH JIM* & DISCUSS SOME THINGS OF INTEREST OF THE DAY* [ ALCHHOLL FREE ]* ! HE GAVE ME A COPY OF HIS ORIGINAL SELF FUNDED & PUBLISHED POETRY* [ THE LORDS – NOTES ON VISION ]* PORTFOLIO : ONLY 100 COPIES PRINTED* BY ( WESTERN LITHOGRAPH )* ALL EITHER LOST : TRASHED : IN SOMEONES PRIVET COLLECTION ? : I’VE THE ONLY ONE AVAILABLE* THAT’S IN EXCELLENT CONDITION* – ALONG WITH AN INTERVIEW* TRANSCRIPT* FORM 1969 ! THE DOORS* WHAT CAN ONE SAY ? WOKE ME UP ! ABSOLUTELY !
“Be an individual, just like everyone else”. Great line!
Hey
I love Jim Morrison and his poetry, and i have found out that there were only a few websites that have some of his poems. So i decided to create one that is a compilation of all Jim Morrisons poems, i thought people would like to know. Here it is: http://www.jimmorrisonpoetry.com
Hi everyone,
Just to let you know that i have placed the Jim Morrison poetry website back online, but i couldn’t get the old domain, so i have changed the domain to https://www.jimmorrisonpoems.com/
It is the same as before, and i have added a few more poems. Hope you like it.