No one here gets out alive.

— Jim Morrison

O great creator of being grant us one more hour to perform our art and perfect our lives.

— 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.

— Jim Morrison

People are strange. . .

— Jim Morrison

People are strange when you're a stranger.

— 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.

— Jim Morrison

Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But, it's usually too battered with rules to be heard, and bound with pretenses so it can hardly move. We cripple ourselves with lies.

— Jim Morrison

She dances in a ring of fire and throws off the challenge with a shrug.

— Jim Morrison

She dances in a ring of fire and throws of the challenge with a shrug.

— Jim Morrison

Sleep is an under-ocean dipped into each night.

— Jim Morrison