If there was no black man there would be no Rock'n'Roll. The beat, the rhythms of Africa are what created Rock'n'Roll and Jazz. — Ray Manzarek Copy Share Image
I'm basically a cocktail jazz kind of pianist. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a very good keyboard player. People think I think I'm good. I think I'm a very poor piano player. — Ray Manzarek Copy Share Image
Time is just a moment that we occupy in this brief spin around the planet. — Ray Manzarek Copy Share Image
Through all of history mankind has ingested psychedelic substances. Those substances exist to put you in touch with spirits beyond yourself, with the creator,… — Ray Manzarek Copy Share Image
You want a showman, go see rock 'n' roll bands today. You want to have a shamanistic experience, get psychedelic, then you watch The… — Ray Manzarek Copy Share Image
One of the great gifts of being a human being is that you can get rid of yourself and enter into the oneness of… — Ray Manzarek Copy Share Image
We went on stage with the Jefferson Airplane, Jim started singing with Grace Slick and hugging her. Then he danced off the stage, went… — Ray Manzarek Copy Share Image
You have to be open to the energy. If you can open your heart to the energy, that great love energy, of this entire… — Ray Manzarek Copy Share Image
I need three million dollars to make a low-budget, intellectual, artistic, exciting, erotic movie with a great soundtrack. — Ray Manzarek Copy Share Image
Doors music is not a simple kind of music. It's like the Bauhaus. It's clean and pure. Morrison's lyrics are psychologically deep. So for… — Ray Manzarek Copy Share Image
