Jim Morrison
American singer-songwriter and poet
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About Jim Morrison
Jim Morrison was an iconic and influential singer-songwriter and poet best known as the lead singer of The Doors whose famous songs include Light My Fire, Love Her Madly, and People Are Strange. He is regarded as one of the greatest singers of all time. He died at the age of 27 of a suspected accidental overdose of heroin. Since no autopsy was conducted, the exact cause of his death remains disputed.
Family Life
He was the son of Clara Virginia and George Stephen Morrison. He had a sister, Anne and a brother, Andrew.
Trivia
He is a member of the 27 Club, which is a group of musicians who died tragically at the age of 27. Some other famous members of this group include: Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Amy Winehouse.
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- The Doors in Copenhagen 1968.jpg: Polfoto/Jan Persson
- derivative work: Karppinen (talk)
Famous quotes by Jim Morrison
A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.Jim Morrison
Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws.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
Film spectators are quiet vampires.Jim Morrison
Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself - and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is.Jim Morrison
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... Rather than starting inside, I start outside and reach the mental through the physical.Jim Morrison
I think in art, but especially in films, people are trying to confirm their own existences.Jim Morrison
I'm interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos, especially activity that appears to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom.Jim Morrison
If my poetry aims to achieve anything, it's to deliver people from the limited ways in which they see and feel.Jim Morrison
It's like gambling somehow. You go out for a night of drinking and you don't know where your going to end up the next day. It could work out good or it could be disastrous. It's like the throw of the dice.Jim Morrison
Listen, real poetry doesn't say anything it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through anyone that suits you.Jim Morrison
Love cannot save you from your own fate.Jim Morrison
Music inflames temperament.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
Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts.Jim Morrison
The appeal of cinema lies in the fear of death.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.Jim Morrison
This is the strangest life I've ever known.Jim Morrison
We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict.Jim Morrison
When you make your peace with authority, you become authority.Jim Morrison
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Jim Morrison was a famous American singer-songwriter and poet, who was born on December 8, 1943. As a person born on this date, Jim Morrison is listed in our database as the 4th most popular celebrity for the day (December 8) and the 2nd most popular for the year (1943).
People born on December 8 fall under the Zodiac sign of Sagittarius, the Archer. Jim Morrison is the 96th most popular Sagittarius.
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