Jim Morrison Quotes

James Douglas "Jim" Morrison was an American singer, songwriter and poet, best remembered as the lead vocalist of the rock band The Doors. Due to his poetic lyrics, distinctive voice, wild personality, performances, and the dramatic circumstances surrounding his life and early death, Morrison is regarded by music critics and fans as one of the most iconic and influential frontmen in rock music history. Since his death, his fame has endured as one of popular culture's most rebellious and oft-displayed icons, representing the generation gap and youth counterculture. ...more

Birth: December 08, 1943 - Death: July 03, 1971

- Jim Morrison

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

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

Topic(s): Giving , Friendship , Freedom

- 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.

Topic(s): Giving , Kind , Important

- Jim Morrison

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

Topic(s): Inspirational , Forgiving , Eternal

- 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.

Topic(s): People , Pain , Hurt

- Jim Morrison

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

Topic(s): People , Ifs , Way

- Jim Morrison

I am the Lizard King. I can do anything!

Topic(s): I Can , Can Do , Doors

- Jim Morrison

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

Topic(s): Feelings , Pain , Violence

- Jim Morrison

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

Topic(s): Lying , Easy , Dies

- Jim Morrison

I think people resist freedom because they’re afraid of the unknown. But it’s ironic….That unknown was once very well known. It’s where our souls belong….The only solution is to confront them – confront yourself – with the greatest fear imaginable. Expose yourself to your deepest fear. After that, fear has no power, and fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.