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Jim Morrison Quotes

1943–1971 United States

James Douglas Morrison (8 December 1943 – 3 July 1971) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, poet and founding member of The Doors.

United States
Musicians
Poets
Singer-songwriters

Also known as: Morrison, Jim

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I see myself as a huge fiery comet, a shooting star. Everyone stops, points up and gasps "Oh look at that!" Then — whoosh, and I'm gone... and they'll never see anything like it ever again... and they won't be able to forget me — ever.

Don't let me die in an automobile
I wanna lie in an open field
Want the snakes to suck my skin
Want the worms to be my friends
Want the birds to eat my eyes
As here I lie
The clouds fly by

The End; Live in New York (1970)

We have assembled inside this ancient
& insane theatre
To propagate our lust for life
& flee the swarming wisdom
of the streets

An American Prayer (1978)

They're making a joke of our universe

An American Prayer (1978)

Camel caravans bear
witness guns to Caesar.
Hordes crawl and seep inside
the walls. The streets
flow stone. Life goes
on absorbing war. Violence
kills the temple of no sex.

The Lords and the New Creatures: Poems (1969)

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

Misattributed

You know that it would be untrue
You know that I would be a liar
If I was to say to you
Girl, we couldn't get much higher.
Come on baby, light my fire —
Come on baby, light my fire —
Try to set the night on fire.

Misattributed Light My Fire (1967)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jim Morrison (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.