Ray Manzarek

Jim wanted to be known as a poet, first and foremost. ↗

— Ray Manzarek

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Jim, as just a spoken poet, was not that good. He needed the music behind him. He felt a security and a sense of abandon when the music existed around him. ↗

— Ray Manzarek

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Movies were very important. The art-form of the 20th century. ↗

— Ray Manzarek

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The Doors movie is a pack of lies. It did not make money. You want to make money in America? Tell the truth. ↗

— Ray Manzarek

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The Doors were never that good as musicians. ↗

— Ray Manzarek

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The Doors were successful. It was Jim Morrison as the centre and the figure and the spokesman, the figurehead, but we were all into the same thing. That's why we were a band. ↗

— Ray Manzarek

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We went on stage with the Jefferson Airplane, Jim started singing with Grace Slick and hugging her. Then he danced off the stage, went back into the dressing room and passed out cold. ↗

— Ray Manzarek

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