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99 Awesome Quotes By Jim Morrison That Will Help You Live A Meaningful Life

Famous As: Lead Vocalist of the Rock Band 'The Doors'
Born On: December 8, 1943
Died On: July 3, 1971
Born In: Melbourne, Florida, United States
Died At Age: 27

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’. 

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Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.

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
Where's your will to be weird?

Where's your will to be weird?

Jim Morrison
The future is uncertain but the end is always near.

The future is uncertain but the end is always near.

Jim Morrison
It may have been in pieces, but I gave you the best of me.

It may have been in pieces, but I gave you the best of me.

Jim Morrison
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.

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.

Jim Morrison
A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

Jim Morrison
You feel your strength in the experience of pain.

You feel your strength in the experience of pain.

Jim Morrison
No one here gets out alive.

No one here gets out alive.

Jim Morrison
There are things known 
and there are things unknown
and in between are the doors.

There are things known and there are things unknown and in between are the doors.

Jim Morrison
Whoever controls the media, controls the mind

Whoever controls the media, controls the mind

Jim Morrison
Some of the worst mistakes in my life were haircuts

Some of the worst mistakes in my life were haircuts

Jim Morrison
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.

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.

Jim Morrison
I like people who shake other people up and make them feel uncomfortable.

I like people who shake other people up and make them feel uncomfortable.

Jim Morrison
People are strange . . .

People are strange . . .

Jim Morrison
I think the highest and lowest points are the important ones. Anything else is just...in between.

I think the highest and lowest points are the important ones. Anything else is just...in between.

Jim Morrison
Time to live, time to lie, time to laugh, and time to die. Take it easy baby. Take it as it comes.

Time to live, time to lie, time to laugh, and time to die. Take it easy baby. Take it as it comes.

Jim Morrison
I've noticed that when people are joking they're usually dead serious, and when they're serious, they're usually pretty funny.

I've noticed that when people are joking they're usually dead serious, and when they're serious, they're usually pretty funny.

Jim Morrison
Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders round as ravens claws.

Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders round as ravens claws.

Jim Morrison
Listen, real poetry doesn't say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through anyone that suits you.

Listen, real poetry doesn't say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through anyone that suits you.

Jim Morrison
There are no laws, there are no rules, just grab your friend and love him.

There are no laws, there are no rules, just grab your friend and love him.

Jim Morrison
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.

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.

Jim Morrison
No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn.

No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn.

Jim Morrison
Drugs are a bet with your mind.

Drugs are a bet with your mind.

Jim Morrison
Actually I don't remember being born, it must have happened during one of my black outs.

Actually I don't remember being born, it must have happened during one of my black outs.

Jim Morrison
We're reaching for death 
on the end of a candle 
We're trying for something 
that's already found us

We're reaching for death on the end of a candle We're trying for something that's already found us

Jim Morrison
Are you a lucky little lady in the City of Light? Or just another lost angel... City of Night?

Are you a lucky little lady in the City of Light? Or just another lost angel... City of Night?

Jim Morrison
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

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
Man, I'm sick of doubt.

Man, I'm sick of doubt.

Jim Morrison
I believe in a long, prolonged, derangement of the senses in order to obtain the unknown.

I believe in a long, prolonged, derangement of the senses in order to obtain the unknown.

Jim Morrison
I'll never wake up in a good mood again.
I'm tired of these stinky boots

I'll never wake up in a good mood again. I'm tired of these stinky boots

Jim Morrison
Love cannot save you from your own fate.

Love cannot save you from your own fate.

Jim Morrison
I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft...

I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft...

Jim Morrison
This is the strangest life I have ever known.

This is the strangest life I have ever known.

Jim Morrison
Out here on the perimeter there are no stars. Out here we is stoned. Immaculate.

Out here on the perimeter there are no stars. Out here we is stoned. Immaculate.

Jim Morrison
Could any Hell be more horrible than now, and real?

Could any Hell be more horrible than now, and real?

Jim Morrison
Do you know we are being led to
Slaughters by placid admirals

& that fat slow generals are getting
Obscene on young blood

Do you know we are ruled by t.v.

Do you know we are being led to Slaughters by placid admirals & that fat slow generals are getting Obscene on young blood Do you know we are ruled by t.v.

Jim Morrison
Another flashing chance at bliss
Another kiss, another kiss

Another flashing chance at bliss Another kiss, another kiss

Jim Morrison
Well, I've been down so Goddamn long,
that it looks like up to me.

Well, I've been down so Goddamn long, that it looks like up to me.

Jim Morrison
People are strange when you're a stranger.

People are strange when you're a stranger.

Jim Morrison
We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict.

We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict.

Jim Morrison
The Gate is Straight, Deep and Wide; Break On Through to the other side.

The Gate is Straight, Deep and Wide; Break On Through to the other side.

Jim Morrison
Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors.

Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors.

Jim Morrison
You live you die and death not ends it.

You live you die and death not ends it.

Jim Morrison
Between childhood, boyhood, adolescence and manhood (maturity) there should be sharp lines drawn with tests, deaths, feats, rites, stories, songs, and judgments.

Between childhood, boyhood, adolescence and manhood (maturity) there should be sharp lines drawn with tests, deaths, feats, rites, stories, songs, and judgments.

Jim Morrison
Cancel my subscription to the resurrection.

Cancel my subscription to the resurrection.

Jim Morrison
A man searching for paradise lost can seem a fool to those who never sought the other world.

A man searching for paradise lost can seem a fool to those who never sought the other world.

Jim Morrison
All our lives we sweat and save,
Building for a shallow grave.

All our lives we sweat and save, Building for a shallow grave.

Jim Morrison
The Night is young
& full of rest
I can’t describe
the way she’s dress’d
She’ll pander to some strange
requests
Anything that you suggest
Anything to please her guest.

The Night is young & full of rest I can’t describe the way she’s dress’d She’ll pander to some strange requests Anything that you suggest Anything to please her guest.

Jim Morrison
Lying on stained, wretched sheets with a bleeding virgin
We could plan a murder
Or start a religion.

Lying on stained, wretched sheets with a bleeding virgin We could plan a murder Or start a religion.

Jim Morrison
The world we suggest is a new wild west. A sensuous evil world. Strange and haunting, the path of the sun…

The world we suggest is a new wild west. A sensuous evil world. Strange and haunting, the path of the sun…

Jim Morrison
Film spectators are quiet vampires.

Film spectators are quiet vampires.

Jim Morrison
There's nothing wrong with being a large mammal.

There's nothing wrong with being a large mammal.

Jim Morrison
Death Makes Angels of us all.

Death Makes Angels of us all.

Jim Morrison
Once you make peace with authority you
become an authority

Once you make peace with authority you become an authority

Jim Morrison
Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel.

Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel.

Jim Morrison
The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade for a role, you give up your ability to feel and in exchange put up a mask

The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade for a role, you give up your ability to feel and in exchange put up a mask

Jim Morrison
Nobody would stay interested in me if I was normal

Nobody would stay interested in me if I was normal

Jim Morrison
There may be a time when we'll attend Weather Theatres to recall the sensation of rain.

There may be a time when we'll attend Weather Theatres to recall the sensation of rain.

Jim Morrison
No one thought up being. He who thinks he has, step forward.

No one thought up being. He who thinks he has, step forward.

Jim Morrison
Give me songs
to sing
and emerald dreams
to dream

and I'll give you love
unfolding.

Give me songs to sing and emerald dreams to dream and I'll give you love unfolding.

Jim Morrison
A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself - and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them.

A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself - and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them.

Jim Morrison
I pressed her thigh and death smiled

I pressed her thigh and death smiled

Jim Morrison
If my poetry aims to achieve anything, it's to deliver people from the limited ways in which they see and feel.

If my poetry aims to achieve anything, it's to deliver people from the limited ways in which they see and feel.

Jim Morrison
O great creator of being grant us one more hour to perform our art and perfect our lives.

O great creator of being grant us one more hour to perform our art and perfect our lives.

Jim Morrison
Nobody understands you better than yourself, but if someone tries to do it is because he loves you.

Nobody understands you better than yourself, but if someone tries to do it is because he loves you.

Jim Morrison
The subject says: I see first many things which dance... then everything gradually becomes connected.

The subject says: I see first many things which dance... then everything gradually becomes connected.

Jim Morrison
I am the Lizard King, I can do anything!

I am the Lizard King, I can do anything!

Jim Morrison
Or society places a supreme value on control -- hiding what you feel. Our culture mocks

Or society places a supreme value on control -- hiding what you feel. Our culture mocks "primitive cultures" and prides itself on supression of natural instincts and impulses.

Jim Morrison
No heavenly power will forgive us now for wasting the dawn.

No heavenly power will forgive us now for wasting the dawn.

Jim Morrison
I offer images-I conjure memories of freedom that can still be reached-like the Doors, right? But we can only open the doors-we can't drag people through.

I offer images-I conjure memories of freedom that can still be reached-like the Doors, right? But we can only open the doors-we can't drag people through.

Jim Morrison
In the holy solipsism 
 of the young

Now I can't walk thru a city
street w/out eying each
single pedestrian. I feel
thier vibe thru my
skin, the hair on my neck
--- it rises.

In the holy solipsism of the young Now I can't walk thru a city street w/out eying each single pedestrian. I feel thier vibe thru my skin, the hair on my neck --- it rises.

Jim Morrison
Door of passage to the other side, the soul frees itself in stride.

Door of passage to the other side, the soul frees itself in stride.

Jim Morrison
This is the strangest life I've ever known

This is the strangest life I've ever known

Jim Morrison
Our culture mocks

Our culture mocks "primitive cultures" and prides itself on suppression of natural instincts and impulses.

Jim Morrison
[...] My wild words
slip into fusion
and risk losing
the solid ground.

So stranger, get
wilder still.

Probe the highlands.

[...] My wild words slip into fusion and risk losing the solid ground. So stranger, get wilder still. Probe the highlands.

Jim Morrison
The time you wait subtracts the joy
The heads the angel you destroy

The time you wait subtracts the joy The heads the angel you destroy

Jim Morrison
The time to hesitate is through
no time to wallowin the mire
Try now we can only lose and our love 
become a funeral pyre

The time to hesitate is through no time to wallowin the mire Try now we can only lose and our love become a funeral pyre

Jim Morrison
Death makes Angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as Ravens claws

Death makes Angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as Ravens claws

Jim Morrison
92.

92. "I found and island in your arms and country in your eyes.

Jim Morrison
The media controls the mind.

The media controls the mind.

Jim Morrison
There's the know. And there's the unknown. And what separates the two is the door, and that's what i wanta be. Ahh wanna be th' dooooooooorrr...

There's the know. And there's the unknown. And what separates the two is the door, and that's what i wanta be. Ahh wanna be th' dooooooooorrr...

Jim Morrison
It's so eternal. As long as there are people, they can remember words and combinations of words. Nothing else can survive a holocaust, but poetry and songs.

It's so eternal. As long as there are people, they can remember words and combinations of words. Nothing else can survive a holocaust, but poetry and songs.

Jim Morrison
Sleep is an under-ocean dipped into each night.

Sleep is an under-ocean dipped into each night.

Jim Morrison
Cineama, heir of alchemy, 
The last erotic science

Cineama, heir of alchemy, The last erotic science

Jim Morrison
Five to one, baby 
One in five 
No one here gets out alive

Five to one, baby One in five No one here gets out alive

Jim Morrison
The grand highway is crowded with lovers
and searchers
and leavers
so eager to please, and to forget. Wilderness

The grand highway is crowded with lovers and searchers and leavers so eager to please, and to forget. Wilderness

Jim Morrison
I am troubled, immeasurably by your eyes.

I am troubled, immeasurably by your eyes.

Jim Morrison
Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power.

Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power.

Jim Morrison
The human race was dying out Noone left to scream n shout People living on the moon Smog will get you pretty soon
Ship of Fools

The human race was dying out Noone left to scream n shout People living on the moon Smog will get you pretty soon Ship of Fools

Jim Morrison
One shouldn't take life so seriously. No one gets out alive anyway.

One shouldn't take life so seriously. No one gets out alive anyway.

Jim Morrison
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.

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
We are content with the 'given' in sensation's quest. We have been metamorphosised from a mad body dancing on hillsides to a pair of eyes staring in the dark.

We are content with the 'given' in sensation's quest. We have been metamorphosised from a mad body dancing on hillsides to a pair of eyes staring in the dark.

Jim Morrison
There are things known and things unknown and in between are the doors.

There are things known and things unknown and in between are the doors.

Jim Morrison
Through art they confuse us and blind us to our enslavement. Art adorns our prison walls, keeps us silent and diverted and indifferent.

Through art they confuse us and blind us to our enslavement. Art adorns our prison walls, keeps us silent and diverted and indifferent.

Jim Morrison
It is wrong to assume that art needs the spectator in order to be. The film runs on without any eyes. The spectator cannot exist without it. It insures his existence.

It is wrong to assume that art needs the spectator in order to be. The film runs on without any eyes. The spectator cannot exist without it. It insures his existence.

Jim Morrison
All our lives we sweat and save 
Building for a shallow grave 
Must be something else we say 
Somehow to defend this place 
Everything must be this way.

All our lives we sweat and save Building for a shallow grave Must be something else we say Somehow to defend this place Everything must be this way.

Jim Morrison
I'

I'"ll never look into your eyes again

Jim Morrison
We came from over here,
to over there

Then told we wonder
mindless to degree
most seldom furls
in slumber, burns
begins a century.

We came from over here, to over there Then told we wonder mindless to degree most seldom furls in slumber, burns begins a century.

Jim Morrison