Jim Morrison

"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. That’s what matters. Pain is a feeling. Your feelings are a part of you. Your own reality. If you feel ashamed of them, and hide them, you’re letting society destroy your reality. You should stand up for your right to feel your pain."

"Indians scattered on dawns highway bleeding Ghosts crowd the young childs fragile eggshell mind. Me and my mother and father, and a grandmother and a grandfather. were driving through the desert, at dawn, and a truck load of Indian workers had either hit another car, or just — I dont know what happened — but there were Indians scattered all over the highway, bleeding to death. So the car pulls up and stops. That was the first time I tasted fear. I musta been about four — like a child is like a flower, his head is just floating in the breeze, man. The reaction I get now thinking about it, looking back — is that the souls of the ghosts of those dead Indians... maybe one or two of em... were just running around freaking out, and just leaped into my soul. And theyre still there."

"Cool pools from a tired land sink now in the peace of evening Clouds weaken and die. The sun, an orange skull, whispers quietly, becomes an island, & is gone. There they are watching us everything will be dark. The light changed. We were aware knee-deep in the fluttering air as the ships move on trains in their wake."

"The program for this evening is not new. You have seen This entertainment through and through. Youve seen your birth, your life and death; you might recall all of the rest — (did you have a good world when you died?) — enough to base a movie on?"

"You know the day destroys the night, Night divides the day, Tried to run — Tried to hide — Break on through to the other side!"

"When youre strange Faces come out of the rain When youre strange No one remembers your name When youre strange."

"Five to one, baby One in five No one here gets out alive, now You get yours, baby Ill get mine Gonna make it, baby If we try."

"This is the strangest life I’ve ever known."

"At first flash of Eden, We race down to the sea. Standing there on Freedoms shore. Waiting for the sun..."

"It hurts to set you free, but you’ll never follow me."

"We chased our pleasures here, Dug our treasures there, But can you still recall The time we cried? Break on through to the other side!"

"Alright listen man, we got a special treat for you now. This is a little tour-de-force that weve only done a couple times in front of strangers, and it starts off kinda quiet, so if everybody just kinda relax, take a few deep breaths, think about your eventual end and whats gonna happen tonight; and well try and do something good to your head, right man? I dont know if youre aware of it, but this whole evening is being taped for eternity and beyond that too. And so listen man, if you want to be represented in eternity with some uncouth language then I hope youll stand up on the top of your seat and shout it out very clearly or were not going to get it on tape. Dont worry, the operation wont take long and youll feel much better in the morning."