Jim Morrison Rock musician
- Gender: Male
- Citizenship: United States
- Born: Dec 8, 1943
- Died: Jul 3, 1971
James Douglas "Jim" Morrison was an American singer and songwriter best remembered as the lead vocalist of the Doors.
Due to his songwriting, baritone voice, wild personality and performances, he is regarded by critics and fans as one of the most iconic and influential frontmen in rock music history, and, due to the dramatic tinges surrounding his life and death, in the latter part of 20th century he was one of popular culture's most rebellious and oft-displayed icons, on a par with the likes of Che Guevara, representing generational gap and youth counterculture. He was also well known for improvising spoken word poetry passages while the band played live. Morrison was ranked number 47 on Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Singers of All Time", and number 22 on Classic Rock Magazine's "50 Greatest Singers In Rock". Ray Manzarek said that Morrison "embodied hippie counterculture rebellion..." Morrison was also known as the self-proclaimed "Lizard King" and "King of Orgasmic Rock".
Morrison developed an alcohol dependency. He died at the age of 27 in Paris, allegedly of a heroin overdose. No autopsy was performed, and the exact cause of Morrison's death is still disputed.
Expose yourself to your deepest fear after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.
fear, freedom & power
Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts.
life
We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict.
fear
The appeal of cinema lies in the fear of death.
death & fear
Listen, real poetry doesn't say anything it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through anyone that suits you.
poetry
Film spectators are quiet vampires.
movies
Music inflames temperament.
music
If my poetry aims to achieve anything, it's to deliver people from the limited ways in which they see and feel.
poetry
Love cannot save you from your own fate.
love
I think in art, but especially in films, people are trying to confirm their own existences.
art
When you make your peace with authority, you become authority.
peace
Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws.
death
A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.
freedom & friendship
This is the strangest life I've ever known.
life