Jim Morrison Biography - Jim Morrison (1943-1971),
American singer and songwriter, born in Melbourne, Florida, and educated at the
University of California at Los Angeles. In 1965 he formed a group called the
Doors with Ray Manzarek, John Densmore, and Robby Krieger. The group became
known for its extravagant performing style, combining sensual movements and a
hard-hitting sound, amplified to huge proportions. Morrison and other group
members also had a reputation for using drugs. After a 1969 performance in
Miami, obscenity accusations led ten concert organizers to cancel scheduled
dates; although the Miami case was dropped, the group never lost its reputation
for obscenity. Eventually Morrison took a vacation in France in order to rethink
the course his life was taking. He died there of a drug overdose.
The group's first album, The Doors (1967)— which
included the singles “Light My Fire” and “The End”—became a number-one hit.
Other albums included Waiting for the Sun (1968) and L.A. Woman
(1971). The Lords and the New Creatures (1971) was one of several
published collections of Morrison's poetry. Oliver Stone's film The Doors
(1991), with Val Kilmer in the part of Jim Morrison, recounts the history of the
group and its lead artist.
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Jim Morrison Quotations
The only time I really open up is onstage. The mask of performing gives it to
me, a place where I hide myself then I can reveal myself.
What have they done to the earth? What have they done to our fair sister?
Ravaged and plundered and ripped her and bit her, Stuck her with knives
in the side of the dawn And tied her with fences and dragged her down.
Those first songs I wrote, I was just taking notes at a fantastic rock concert
that was going on inside my head.
Come on baby, light my fire.
Let's just say I was testing the bounds of reality. I was curious to see what
would happen. That's all it was: just curiosity.
The body exists for the sake of the eyes; it becomes a dry stalk to support
these two insatiable jewels.
Fear is very exciting. People like to get scared. It's exactly like the moment
before you have an orgasm.
I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos—especially activity
that seems to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom.
