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

Quote by Jim Morrison

Topics: Jim Morrison Quotes

People fear death even more than pain. It's strange that they fear death. Life hurts...

People fear death even more than pain. It's strange that they fear death. Life hurts...

Initially, I didn't start out to be a member of a band. I wanted to...

Initially, I didn't start out to be a member of a band. I wanted to...

Listen, real poetry doesn't say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors....

Listen, real poetry doesn't say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors....

People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People...

People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People...

It's like gambling somehow. You go out for a night of drinking and you don't...

It's like gambling somehow. You go out for a night of drinking and you don't...

If my poetry aims to achieve anything, it's to deliver people from the limited ways...

If my poetry aims to achieve anything, it's to deliver people from the limited ways...

A hero is someone who rebels or seems to rebel against the facts of existence...

A hero is someone who rebels or seems to rebel against the facts of existence...

Film spectators are quiet vampires.

Film spectators are quiet vampires.

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

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

Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total...

Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total...

You cannot petition the Lord with prayer.

You cannot petition the Lord with prayer.

The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade...

The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade...

Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.

Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.

Let's just say I was testing the bounds of reality. I was curious to see...

Let's just say I was testing the bounds of reality. I was curious to see...

The appeal of cinema lies in the fear of death.

The appeal of cinema lies in the fear of death.

I'm interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos, especially activity that appears to have no...

I'm interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos, especially activity that appears to have no...

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.

We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying...

We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying...

Violence in the voice is often only the death rattle of reason in the throat.

Violence in the voice is often only the death rattle of reason in the throat.

Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of...

Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of...