That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is. Most people love you for who you pretend to be. To keep their love, you keep pretending - performing. You get to love your pretence. It's true, we're locked in an image, an act - and the sad thing is, people get so used to their image, they grow attached to their masks. They love their chains. They forget all about who they really are. And if you try to remind them, they hate you for it, they feel like you're trying to steal their most precious possession.

Early years
James Douglas Morrison was born in Melbourne Florida the son of Clara Virginia (née Clarke) and future Rear Admiral George Stephen Morrison. Morrison was well known for often improvising spoken word poetry passages while the band played live. His ancestry included English Scottish and Irish.

James Douglas "Jim" Morrison (December 8 1943 – July 3 1971) was an American singer-songwriter and poet best remembered as the lead singer of Los Angeles rock band The Doors. Morrison was ranked number 47 on Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Singers of All Time" and number 22 on Classic Rock Magazine's "50 Greatest Singers In Rock".