John Densmore

Jim had a spirit that was incapable of compromise.

— John Densmore

Going first is courageous. I'm just talking on a spirit level now.

— John Densmore

Anyone can play Doors songs, unless it's for an ad for some product.

— John Densmore

The first drum beat we all heard was our mother.

— John Densmore

I like to drum for various theatrical things.

— John Densmore

It's your inner life that's the most important.

— John Densmore

Ulcers come from not dealing with something.

— John Densmore

I'm not against a new band doing commercials to pay the rent.

— John Densmore

Everything Bernie Sanders says in his speeches is based on facts and is about empowering people, not making them angry.

— John Densmore

If you surrender to the communal vision, sometimes, certainly in our case, you become more than the sum of your parts.

— John Densmore

We have our own little heartbeat, too. We already have what I would call polyrhythms going on.

— John Densmore

I got Cs in English at school. I hated it. But now I want to be a writer and I'm voracious for…

— John Densmore

In the '60s, the Sunset Strip became insane. The sidewalks and the traffic were jammed. It was a renaissance.

— John Densmore

Why is there such passion for any sort of gossipy, provocative sensual stuff? It sells!

— John Densmore

Everyone is so desperate to get attention for their project, they will do almost anything, and the corporate world has always encouraged…

— John Densmore

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

One has to be always be on guard, because mega-success comes up behind you when you're high from all the attention, and…

— John Densmore

Echo & the Bunnymen just copied 'People Are Strange,' which is cool, we made some money, thanks. But when an artist finds…

— John Densmore

I knew Jim was going down, but was very pleased that somehow, despite his self-destruction, when we rehearsed, wrote songs and recorded,…

— John Densmore

In the 1950s, my family first lived in West Los Angeles. Dad was studying architecture at USC and we didn't have a…

— John Densmore

Even though the white-haired politician has no colorful wardrobe, after he speaks... you want to hug him. Why? Because what Bernie Sanders…

— John Densmore

I had the first XJ6 and then they became real popular with lawyers so I had to move on. The only problem…

— John Densmore

We drummers all know that our mother's heartbeat was the first instrument we heard. As a race, we've all been trying to…

— John Densmore

There were some hardcore fans who thought I was ruining the band they loved. And now there's this document, 'The Doors Unhinged,'…

— John Densmore

Being in a band is like polygamy without the sex.

— John Densmore

I like connecting new synapses. Like Jim Morrison did.

— John Densmore

I am of the Vietnam generation; therefore, I feel mistrustful of the military.

— John Densmore

In your twenties, everything makes you crazy.

— John Densmore

For us, anyone can record our songs. Anyone can cover our songs.

— John Densmore

Those who go ahead provide a little light into the unknown.

— John Densmore

The '50s were so lame they produced the '60s!

— John Densmore

Legislating morality doesn't work (see: Prohibition). It produced the Mafia.

— John Densmore

People forget that public people and celebrities, they too have to go to the bathroom and get divorced.

— John Densmore

I'm not the fastest drummer in the world, but I'm very into dynamics and knowing that there's space in between the notes…

— John Densmore

I'm happy with how 'Feast Of Friends' finally turned out. It's been bootlegged so much, and of course, the quality was always…

— John Densmore

I sometimes joke that I'm half Jewish, because I was raised Catholic... and we share 'the guilt.'

— John Densmore

At the risk of sounding grandiose, I will say that, to me, rock 'n' roll is sacred.

— John Densmore

Most of what is said by candidates on the right is half-baked truths and fabrications coated in 'patriotism or family values.'

— John Densmore

When I do a press roll, I use the traditional grip. Sometimes I flip it around; for a louder crack on the…

— John Densmore

I don't like totally free jazz, unless it's done by somebody like Coltrane, who did bebop and cool jazz, so he was…

— John Densmore