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The official profile of James Douglas Morrison. Poet. Writer. Singer. Filmmaker. Legend. #JimMorrison

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Jim Morrison
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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.” -Jim Morrison Happy Birthday, Jim. Photos by
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Today we remember and honor The Doors’ legendary frontman, poet, lyricist, singer, and icon, James Douglas Morrison. Celebrate Jim’s legacy by tweeting one of your favorite quotes, poetry verses, or lyrics of his. Photo courtesy of Getty Images. #JimMorrison
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Today we remember the eternal #JimMorrison . From his poignant words, lyrics, and poetry, to his wild antics, there was no one like him. What is your favorite Morrison lyric or poem? Honor the legendary man in leather by dropping your thoughts below. Photo by Henry Diltz.
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Today, we remember our favorite poet, singer, and songwriter, Jim Morrison. Jim’s perception of reality and his impression on this world transcends time in his words and art—he was a true one-of-a-kind visionary. Photo courtesy of Paul Ferrara.
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“[Jim] was able to lead his own life rather than the life the public wanted him to lead” -Bill Siddons Happy Birthday, Jim. A force to be reckoned with, Morrison broke the mold of what it meant to be an artist. His lyrics, poetry, awe-inspiring live performances...
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"I'm interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos, especially activity that appears to have no meaning." -Jim Morrison Photos by Paul Ferrara and Jerry Hopkins.
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Today we remember The Doors’ singer, James Douglas Morrison. Jim was a poet, influenced by literary and generational-defining figures, who’s legacy in turn has influenced and shaped countless young, contemporary artists. #JimMorrison #Poet #Writer #FilmMaker #Singer #Legend
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Happy Birthday, Ray. “’See that guy,’ Jim Morrison once remarked, pointing to Ray Manzarek: ‘He is the Doors.’" -ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE Photo by by Paul Ferrara.
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1 year
Today, we remember the brilliant mind behind the keys, organ, and Fender Rhodes Piano Bass, Mr. Ray Manzarek. Photo by Paul Ferrara. #TheDoors #RayManzarek #JimMorrison @TheDoors
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Jim Morrison
5 years
Usually when I go to a strange town, I just stay in the hotel and look out the window anyway. #JimMorrison #TheDoors #MorrisonHotel #ClassicRock
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4 years
THE BIRTHDAY TAPES - Recorded 50 years ago today. Happy Birthday, Jim. #JimMorrison #Icon #Legend #Artist #Poet #OnThisDayInRockHistory
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HBD to the magical wizard behind the keyboard, Mr. Ray Manzarek. “‘See that guy,’ Jim Morrison once remarked, pointing to Ray Manzarek: ‘He is The Doors’.” -ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE #JimMorrison #RayManzarek #RockBirthdays #Legend #TheDoors
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5 years
Death makes angels of us all & give us wings // where we had shoulders smooth as raven’s claws. #JimMorrison
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Jim Morrison
3 years
She lives on love street… #ValentinesDay Jim and Pam pictured in Los Angeles, 1969. Photo courtesy of Getty Images. #JimMorrison #PamelaCourson #Love #LiveAndLove #ValentinesDay #LoveStreet
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5 years
A shaman, a wizard, a sorcerer, a magician, a medicine man, a witch doctor, an enchanter, and a Dionysian reveller. – Frank Lisciandro on Jim Morrison #JimMorrison #Morrison #TheDoors #Legend #Poet #Writer
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2 years
“When the music is your special friend…” Jim Morrison is pictured here in 1968 in London - Photo courtesy of Getty Images. #JimMorrison #Singer #BeFree #Artist #London #WhenTheMusicsOver
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1 year
Today we remember the eternal words and wisdom of James Douglas Morrison. #JimMorrison #Poet #EternalIcon
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5 years
Expose yourself to yourself, to your deepest fear. After that, fear has no power, and fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free. #JimMorrison #LiveFree #BeFree #FreeYourMind #Poet #Artist #TheDoors
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11 months
A striking photograph of the Jim Morrison mural in Venice Beach, CA, by IG user @venicetosociety . Amongst the many Doors landmarks in L.A., this is not one to miss. #JimMorrison
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The Doors in Europe, Fall 1968. Photo by Michael Montfort.
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Jim Morrison
2 years
Happy Birthday to Mr. #RobbyKrieger , fellow Doors member, and guitarist, who helped define the band’s sound with his eclectic mix of styles, including jazz, flamenco and rock. Robby penned some of The Doors’ most beloved tracks, including “Light My Fire.” Photo by Paul Ferrara.
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2 years
Jim and Pam forever… Happy Birthday to Pamela Courson, Jim’s love and muse. Photo by Max Miller/Fotos International/Getty Images #JimMorrison #PamelaCourson #Love #Muse #SheLivesOnLoveStreet
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3 years
A poet, a singer, a lyricist, an artist, a frontman… an icon. James Douglas Morrison. Photo by Jerry Hopkins. #JimMorrison #Poet #LiveYourLife #BeFree #Performer #Artist
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5 years
“Have you seen God?” -a mandala. A symmetrical angel. Felt? yes. Fucking. The Sun Heard? Music. Voices Touched? an animal. your hand. Tasted? Rare meat, corn, water, & wine. #JimMorrison #Morrison #Poet #Writer #Poetry
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2 years
“[Jim] was my friend, we were college buddies, we put a band together, and the band became famous, and we realized our artistic vision. Who’s going to write better poetry than Jim Morrison?” -Ray Manzarek Photo by Paul Ferrara. #JimMorrison #Poet #RayManzarek #BeFree
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11 months
Mr. Mojo Risin’ Photo by Tom Copi. #JimMorrison #Poet
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4 years
Here come the comedians look at them smile Watch them dance an indian mile Photo by Paul Ferrara. #JimMorrison #Poet #Artist #Wordsmith #LiveFree #Smile
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2 years
"Cancel my subscription to the resurrection.” Photo by Jerry Hopkins #JimMorrison #Poet #LiveYourLife #BeFree #Artist #Lyrics
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Jim Morrison
3 years
#MorrisonMonday Jim dons the cover of the French edition of Rolling Stone Magazine, 2011. #JimMorrison #Poet #LiveYourLife #BeFree #Artist #RollingStone
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7 months
In 1969, The Doors visited Mexico City. This trip included a visit to ancient Teotihuacan. Photographer Jerry Hopkins captured Jim exploring the Aztec Ruins. #JimMorrison
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5 years
“So Jim Morrison was a poet, and @TheDoors were a vehicle for his poetry and our music.” – Ray Manzarek #JimMorrison #TheDoors #RayManzarek #Poetry #Poet
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1 year
What are your favorite Morrison lyrics? Shout them in the comments. #JimMorrison #TheDoors
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1 year
“I could be a journalist. I think the interview is the new art form. I think the self-interview is the essence of creativity. Asking yourself questions and trying to find answers. The writer is just answering a series of unuttered questions.”  -Jim Morrison Photos by Gloria
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5 years
“They're better than movies, 'cause a movie you see once or twice, then later on television maybe. But a fucking album man, it's more influential than any art form going.” – Jim Morrison on albums versus movies. #JimMorrison #TheDoors #NowPlaying #MusicMonday
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8 months
Jim Morrison and Pamela Courson, cosmic life partners. Happy Valentine’s Day. Photos courtesy of Getty Images.
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Jim Morrison
2 years
Once I had, a little game I liked to crawl, back into my brain I think you know, the game I mean I mean the game, called ‘go insane’ Photo by Paul Ferrara. #JimMorrison #Icon #Poet #Artist #Writer #GoInsane #PoetryVerses
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Jim Morrison
1 year
Fall is here… Photo by Gloria Stavers. #JimMorrison #AutumnLeaves
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Jim Morrison
5 years
I could never allow myself to rationally fantasize about ever doing it [rock and roll] myself. I guess all that time I was unconsciously accumulating information and listening. So when it finally happened, my subconscious had prepared the whole thing. #JimMorrison #TheDoors
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Jim Morrison
3 years
Not to touch the earth Not to see the sun Nothing left to do, But run, run, run Let's run Photo courtesy of Getty Images. #JimMorrison #Poet #LiveYourLife #BeFree #Artist #Poetry
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Jim Morrison
4 years
The Lords have secret entrances and they know disguises…through art, they confuse us and blind us to our enslavement. Art adorns our prison walls, keeps us silent and diverted and indifferent. Photo by Paul Ferrara _ #JimMorrison #Morrison
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Jim Morrison
9 months
Happy Birthday to the one and only Robby Krieger. “Do it, Robby, do it!” -Jim Morrison Photo by Roger Corbin.
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Jim Morrison
3 years
“Do it, Robby, do it.” Happy Birthday to the six-string wizard of The Doors, Mr. @OfficialKrieger , who helped to define and shape the band’s psychedelic and groundbreaking sound. Photo by Paul Ferrara. #JimMorrison #Poet #LiveYourLife #BeFree #Artist #RobbyKrieger
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3 months
55 years ago, The Doors released their fourth studio album, THE SOFT PARADE. Listen here:
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2 years
“Don’t you love her madly?” Jim Morrison and Pamela Courson, eternal star-crossed lovers. Tag your twin flame to say #HappyValentinesDay . Photo courtesy of Getty Images. #JimMorrison #PamelaCourson #Love #LiveAndLove #ValentinesDay #LoveStreet #LoveHerMadly
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5 months
"When The Music’s Over” live at The Hollywood Bowl in 1968. “The song’s loose structure allows for a significantly more subtle interaction within the band. Because of their heightened sense of musical awareness and spontaneous adaptability, ‘When The Music’s Over’ remained one
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Jim Morrison
1 year
please like me says the shrew what can I do? I love her. Photo by Paul Ferrara. #JimMorrison
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Jim Morrison
5 years
Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names…they want to divorce themselves from the preceding generation. #JimMorrison #LiveFree #BeFree #Legend #Morrison
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Jim Morrison
4 years
Don’t you love her madly? #ValentinesDay Photo courtesy of Getty Images. #JimMorrison
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1 year
"Instead [Jim] told me he'd been writing songs. I asked him to sing one for me. He was very shy and very hesitant but he finally got up his courage and in a very haunted, deep, dark, kind of melodic voice, soft and haunting, he began to sing 'Moonlight Drive. I thought those were
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1 year
“I am interested in activity that has no meaning, and all I mean by that is free activity. Play. Activity that has nothing in it except just what it is. No repercussions. No motivation. Free... activity. I think there should be a national carnival, much the same as Mardi Gras in
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“In 1969, Jim Morrison made a film called HWY: AN AMERICAN PASTORAL. The opening shot of the movie sees a stretch of asphalt unspool with the credits painted onto it before the camera eventually arcs towards the bruised sky of a moody desert dusk where the desolate moon...
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Jim Morrison
5 years
I think the future is going to become increasingly mechanized, computerized…I don’t think there’s any turning back. I just think it’s about finding a way to survive…to thrive in that society. #JimMorrison #Poet #LiveFree #RobotTakeover #BeFree
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Jim Morrison
10 months
Light the New Year on fire. Photo courtesy of Jack Rosen/Getty.
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53 years ago, The Doors released their final studio album, L.A.WOMAN. In the song “L.A.WOMAN”, Jim repeats the name Mr. Mojo Risin’ - an anagram for Jim Morrison. The anagram helped the band figure out the composition of the song without them even knowing what it meant. Listen
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Jim Morrison
10 months
Happy Holidays. Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images.
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Jim Morrison
1 year
Remembering Janis today. Photo courtesy of Getty Images. #JimMorrison #JanisJoplin
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3 years
“Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel.” Seen here is a rare photograph of Jim in HWY: AN AMERICAN PASTORAL, the short film by Jim, Frank Lisciandro, Paul Ferrara, and Babe Hill that stars Morrison as a hitchhiker...
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54 years ago at the Hollywood Bowl. Jim and the Doors swept the stage with an unforgettable performance. Watch The Doors performing live at The Hollywood Bowl in 1968 here:
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Fear the Lords who are secret among us. The Lords are w/ in us. Born of sloth & cowardice. Photo by Paul Ferrara. #JimMorrison
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A young Jim Morrison, enjoying winter with his father. Photo courtesy of The Jim Morrison Estate
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2 years
“Can you picture what will be? So limitless and free.” Photos by Roger Corbin. #JimMorrison #Poet #Frontman #TheEnd #Lyrics #TheDoors #60s
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3 years
One morning he awoke in a green hotel W/a strange creature groaning beside him Sweat oozed from its shiny skin. Photo by Gloria Stavers. #JimMorrison #Poet #LiveYourLife #BeFree #Performer #Artist #Creatures
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4 years
“I always wanted to write, but I always figured it’d be no good unless somehow the hand just took the pen and started moving without me really having anything to do with it.” -Jim Morrison Photo by Paul Ferrara. #JimMorrison #Writer #Artist #Poet #PenToPaper
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5 years
You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your senses for an act. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. #JimMorrison #LiveFree #BeFree #Poetry #Writer
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2 years
Let it roll, baby, roll Photo by Paul Ferrara. #JimMorrison #RobbyKrieger #GetWild #LiveFree
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3 years
She lives on love street... Photo courtesy of the Estate of Edmund Teske/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. #JimMorrison #PamelaCourson #Poet #Artist #Writer #Legend #Icon
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Art by inspirational-dreams on DeviantArt - painted using only toothpicks. #JimMorrison #Psychedelia
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“I just feel good when I listen to Jim Morrison. I feel good when I go back and read some of the Beat poets." -Lana Del Rey Read more on how Lana has been influenced by Jim Morrison: Photo by David Sygall. #JimMorrison #LanaDelRey #ExpressYourself #Poet
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A man rakes leaves into a heap in his yard, a pile, & leans on his rake & burns them utterly. The fragrance fills the forest children pause & heed the smell, which will become nostalgia in several years #Fall Photo by Gloria Stavers. #JimMorrison #Poet #LiveFree #BeFree
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8 months
"She makes me feel so good, make me feel all right” Watch the official music video for The Doors - "Gloria" here:
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9 months
No instruments, no problem. Photo courtesy of Paul Ferrara.
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3 years
Once I had, a little game I liked to crawl, back into my brain I think you know, the game I mean I mean the game, called ‘go insane’ Photo by Paul Ferrara. _ #JimMorrison #Icon #Poet #Artist #Writer #LunchBreak #GoInsane #PoetryVerses
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Scream, shout. What is your favorite Morrison lyric or poetry verse? What does it mean to you? Photo by David Sygall #JimMorrison #Poet #Artist #Writer #Legend #Icon
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"Girl, we couldn't get much higher” Circa ‘68. #JimMorrison
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“Show yourself to your deepest fear; after that fear has no power and you are free.” -Jim Morrison Photo by George Shuba. #JimMorrison #Poet #LiveYourLife #BeFree #Performer #Artist #QuotesToLiveBy
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“There are songs I enjoy doing more in person than others. I like singing blues-these free, long blues trips where there's no specific beginning or end. It just gets into a groove and I can just keep making up things. And everybody's soloing. I like that kind of song rather than
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“Moonlight Drive” was one of the first songs Jim penned for The Doors. It was actually the song that the frontman showed Ray Manzarek that led to the band's formation in 1965. Jim wrote it on a Venice rooftop earlier that summer.
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"We have constructed pyramids in honor of our escaping” Watch The Doors perform “The WASP“ live at The Hollywood Bowl here:
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4 years
In his retort the alchemist repeats the work of nature. (Photo by Paul Ferrara) #JimMorrison #Legend #Poet #Writer #BeFree #LiveFree
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Come aboard The Crystal Ship. Photos by Paul Ferrara. #JimMorrison
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3 years
“When actors play famous people, I’m thinking [of] Val Kilmer playing Jim Morrison – that was who Jim Morrison was to me when I was a kid.” -Peter Sarsgaard Photo by Gloria Stavers. #JimMorrison #TheActor #Film #Artist #PeterSarsgaard
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On a beach in Venice in 1965, Jim mumbled the opening words of “Moonlight Drive” to Ray Manzarek. The band was born. Watch The Doors perform “Moonlight Drive” at The Hollywood Bowl here:
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Can't you see that I am not afraid? 📷: Gloria Stavers, Bobby Klein, Ethan Russell, Michael Montfort #JimMorrison #Poet #Singer #TouchMe
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Jim Morrison
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“I think I understand him as well as anybody through being with him for three years, but I still don't understand him completely.” – Robby Krieger on Jim Morrison #JimMorrison #RobbyKrieger #TheDoors #Legend #LiveFree
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Eternal love - Happy Birthday to Jim’s “Cosmic Partner,” Pamela Courson. Photos by Estate of Edmund Teske/Michael Ochs Archives/ Max Miller/ Fotos International/ Getty Images. #JimMorrison #PamelaCourson
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Happy Birthday to the drumming genius of The Doors, @johndensmore . Photo courtesy of The Estate of Edmund Teske/Michael Oates Archives/Getty.
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Jim Morrison
3 years
Happy Birthday to the man behind the drumkit of The Doors, John Densmore. Photo by Barry Plummer. #JimMorrison #JohnDensmore #TheDoors #Icons #Drummer #RockNRollBirthday
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“Listen, real poetry doesn't say anything, it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through any one that suits you.” -Jim Morrison The eternal wizard of words, prose, and ideas, James Douglas Morrison. Photo courtesy of Getty Images. #JimMorrison
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CELEBRATION OF THE LIZARD Lions in the street & roaming Dogs in heat, rabid, foaming A beast caged in the heart of a city The body of his mother Rotting in the summer ground. He fled the town. Photo by Jerry Hopkins. #JimMorrison #Poet
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