I've been very blessed to make a living in stuff I love and am totally passionate about, music and writing. So I'm… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
Anyone can play Doors songs, unless it's for an ad for some product. — John Densmore Copy Share Image
When Dudamel is up on the podium, he truly is 'inside' the music. It courses in his veins, mixing with his blood. — John Densmore Copy Share Image
Ravi Shankar was an incredible teacher. I sat on stage with Robby Krieger and studied at his school of Indian music here… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
I've hung out and performed with many Native American musicians, and my experience is that the first peoples of this land are… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
The one constant thread through my life so far is that I have been constantly fed and nourished by music. — John Densmore Copy Share Image
My mom, Peggy, was a free spirit. She loved music and liked to paint. She had received her degree from Chouinard Art… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to my parents' albums. Many of them were either classical - Bach, Beethoven and Brahms - or easy… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
Jim had melodies as well as words. He didn't know how to play a chord on any instrument, but he had melodies… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
I mean, take 'Chariots Of Fire.' That opening scene, the long shot of the runners along the beach, and then you hear… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
Robby had a flamenco and folk music background. I was so enamored with watching Robby's fingers crawl across the flamenco guitar strings… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
If an ensemble - I don't care if it's a duet or a forty-piece orchestra - the musicians, the two of them… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
At the risk of sounding grandiose, I will say that, to me, rock 'n' roll is sacred. — John Densmore Copy Share Image
I've been very blessed to make a living in stuff I love and am totally passionate about, music and writing. So I'm eager to… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
The fossil fuel industry has made advocating alternative energy sources a liberal/conservative thing, and an ideological battle, when it should really be about a… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
When I was in my 20s I went through my testosterone phase and had a Mercedes to show that I'm rich, and they used… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
First of all, Turtle Island is the name of this continent we live on... that's right, not 'America... as in North America,' but the… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
As long as there's young people, they can look to Jim to help them cut the umbilical chord. — John Densmore Copy Share Image
In my old age, I've learned that if I put the right cymbal crash in the very right spot, exactly, it can be as… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
The Stones without Mick. The Police without Sting. The Doors without Jim. It doesn't work. — John Densmore Copy Share Image
Fortunately, an extremely sexy, pixie-voiced blond named Ronnie Harran, who booked the Whisky, saw us...She had an ear for talent...the Whisky was finally a… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
Money is like fertiliser. When spread around, things grow; when it's hoarded, it stinks. — John Densmore Copy Share Image