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 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
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
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
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
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
I need three million dollars to make a low-budget, intellectual, artistic, exciting, erotic movie with a great soundtrack. — Ray Manzarek Copy Share
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
I thought we were gonna open up the world of poetry and music to all kinds of things, and yet, I can't really think… — Ray Manzarek Copy Share
The Doors were successful. It was Jim Morrison as the centre and the figure and the spokesman, the figurehead, but we were all into… — Ray Manzarek Copy Share
