John Densmore

Everybody is a seeker to a degree.

— John Densmore

I'm from the Vietnam generation.

— John Densmore

Sound is everything to a musician.

— John Densmore

In the '50s, West L.A. was like Kansas.

— John Densmore

Death trumps everything.

— John Densmore

Jazz musicians are spiritual by nature.

— John Densmore

I love 'L.A. Woman.'

— John Densmore

The Doors are Ray, Robby, Jim and John.

— John Densmore

The whole world is hopefully heading toward democracy.

— John Densmore

When rock loses integrity it's time for renewal.

— John Densmore

I don't play just one-two-three-four. I try to play melodies.

— John Densmore

Writing is looking for music between sentences.

— John Densmore

Every new generation seems to have to go through its Doors rite of passage.

— John Densmore

We were not folk-rock. We would scare people.

— John Densmore

I was raised Catholic. I didn't appreciate the guilt and sin part of it.

— John Densmore

Creativity and self-destruction sometimes come in the same package.

— John Densmore

In my old age, I've learned that if I put the right cymbal crash in the very right spot, exactly, it can…

— John Densmore

If somebody makes a really wonderful, ecological car, I'm down, no matter where it comes from.

— John Densmore

I stumbled onto Peggy Feury in the '80s. I recognized her brilliance immediately; it took her awhile to recognize mine.

— John Densmore

Bass players and drummers are brothers in the basement cooking up the groove that makes people move.

— John Densmore

Well, I've discovered that I really like writing, and I feel that I'm good at it.

— John Densmore

I do think if we had a draft again, the United States would embark on fewer wars.

— John Densmore

The Stones without Mick. The Police without Sting. The Doors without Jim. It doesn't work.

— John Densmore

Certainly, we are all on the shoulders of those who fought for our country. But the first peoples of this land justifiably…

— John Densmore

You hear a Willie Nelson solo, he doesn't play real fast, but it's so melodic and beautiful. It's kind of, to be…

— John Densmore

You know, another jazz drummer, Ed Thigpen, who played with Oscar Peterson way back - it was the first time I ever…

— John Densmore

The fossil fuel industry has made advocating alternative energy sources a liberal/conservative thing, and an ideological battle, when it should really be…

— John Densmore

Many years ago, I spent 5k at a fundraiser to hang with another lame duck: Bill Clinton. I lobbied him to pardon…

— John Densmore

President Obama should pardon Leonard Peltier, or at least commute his sentence, not just for humanitarian reasons, but also as a way…

— John Densmore

Ray grew up in Chicago so he had the blues, Muddy Waters and all that. He also had classical training. That was…

— John Densmore

Some genres of rock 'n' roll attract more of the party animals. I guess the Stones partied a bit. I think The…

— John Densmore

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

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

I mean, take 'Chariots Of Fire.' That opening scene, the long shot of the runners along the beach, and then you hear…

— John Densmore

If I had been the drummer for the Grassroots, it probably wouldn't have cut me to the core when I heard John…

— John Densmore

I like myself being a survivor.

— John Densmore

Eddie Vedder? My God, there's a singer.

— John Densmore

I've been a longtime supporter of all sorts of environmental groups.

— John Densmore

Painters 'see' the world; musicians 'hear' it.

— John Densmore

The Doors are etched on my forehead and always will be.

— John Densmore