I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with the soul of a clown which forces me to blow it at the most important moments.
Meaning of the quote
Jim Morrison felt that he was a smart and caring person, but also had a silly side that sometimes came out at the worst times. He saw himself as both serious and playful, and these two parts of his personality would sometimes clash, leading him to mess up important situations.
About Jim Morrison
Jim Morrison was an iconic American singer, songwriter, and poet who led the rock band The Doors. Known for his energetic persona, poetic lyrics, and dramatic performances, Morrison is regarded as one of the most influential frontmen in rock history. Despite his untimely death at age 27, his legacy as a rebellious cultural icon endures to this day.
More quotes from Jim Morrison
The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
It’s like gambling somehow. You go out for a night of drinking and you don’t know where your going to end up the next day. It could work out good or it could be disastrous. It’s like the throw of the dice.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
The appeal of cinema lies in the fear of death.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
Actually I don’t remember being born, it must have happened during one of my black outs.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
People fear death even more than pain. It’s strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the point of death, the pain is over. Yeah, I guess it is a friend.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
The most loving parents and relatives commit murder with smiles on their faces. They force us to destroy the person we really are: a subtle kind of murder.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
I think in art, but especially in films, people are trying to confirm their own existences.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
If my poetry aims to achieve anything, it’s to deliver people from the limited ways in which they see and feel.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
Film spectators are quiet vampires.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
Hatred is a very underestimated emotion.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
Blake said that the body was the soul’s prison unless the five senses are fully developed and open. He considered the senses the ‘windows of the soul.’ When sex involves all the senses intensely, it can be like a mystical experence.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
Love cannot save you from your own fate.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
I like people who shake other people up and make them feel uncomfortable.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
This is the strangest life I’ve ever known.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
The time to hesitate is through.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
Violence isn’t always evil. What’s evil is the infatuation with violence.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
I’m interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos, especially activity that appears to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But, it’s usually too battered with rules to be heard, and bound with pretenses so it can hardly move. We cripple ourselves with lies.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself – and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That’s what real love amounts to – letting a person be what he really is.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
Listen, real poetry doesn’t say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through anyone that suits you.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
When you make your peace with authority, you become authority.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with the soul of a clown which forces me to blow it at the most important moments.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos-especially activity that seems to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom… Rather than starting inside, I start outside and reach the mental through the physical.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
I believe in a long, prolonged, derangement of the senses in order to obtain the unknown.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
There are things known and things unknown and in between are the doors.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human being with the soul of a clown which always forces me to blow it at the most important moments.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
Music inflames temperament.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
Where’s your will to be weird?
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
Drugs are a bet with your mind.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)
I like any reaction I can get with my music. Just anything to get people to think. I mean if you can get a whole room full of drunk, stoned people to actually wake up and think, you’re doing something.
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943-1971)