“I wouldn't mind dying in a plane crash. It would be a good way to go. I just don't want to die of old age or OD or drift off in my sleep... I want to feel what it's like. I want to taste it, hear it, smell it. Death is only going to happen once. I don't want to miss it.”

jim morrison of the doors, arrested in new haven for insulting the police onstage & inciting a riot.

jim morrison

“He was the nicest guy you ever met in your life. He would charm your pants off. That's what they didn't capture in the Oliver Stone movie — he was portrayed just like a drunk and a jerk. He was funny, and shy, and when he was out of line he knew it, and he was sorry. He had a way of making everyone who met him feel like he was their best friend. I don’t know how you show that on screen; maybe it’s too complicated. But he wasn’t blitzed twenty-four hours a day with a bottle of Jack in his hand, screaming about death.” — Robby Krieger

Jim Morrison of The Doors at the Felt Forum, NYC, January 18, 1970.