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Quote of the Day by Jim Morrison: 'We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying...'- Inspiring lessons on emotional healing, vulnerability, and facing inner struggles by The Doors' lead vocalist

Jim Morrison's quote highlights our fear of personal pain over violence. He suggests that suppressed emotions become heavier than avoided problems. Facing inner struggles requires courage and leads to self-awareness and healing. This message remains relevant in today's world of constant pressure. Emotional honesty is a strength that fosters inner…

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Quote of the Day by Jim Morrison: 'Time to live, time to lie, time to laugh...'- A timeless reflection on life, time, acceptance, mortality, and living in the present by Grammy Award-winning rock band The Doors' lead vocalist

Jim Morrison's timeless words, "Time to live, time to lie, time to laugh, and time to die. Take it easy baby. Take it as it comes," offer profound wisdom for navigating life's ebb and flow. The rock legend's philosophy encourages embracing every moment, from joy to sorrow, with acceptance rather…

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"We dug our teeth into that song. It was all about passion and hauling ass." The story of the last song The Doors ever recorded

Ray Manzarek calls L.A. Woman "the quintessential Doors song" - but they only ever played it live twice

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“The atmosphere was intense. Manson said hello and I froze. There was a feeling of extreme evil in the room”: Jon Keliehor went from an unknown psychedelic group to playing with The Doors, turning down The Byrds and rubbing shoulders with Charles Manson

Jon Keliehor was on the frontlines of the West Coast rock scene in the late 60s

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“Greg Lake was a bit of a cabaret singer. Jon Anderson, whatever you think of his lyrics, bloody meant it”: The prog stars who influenced a comedy musician’s career – and made him become a milkman for a while

Graham Fellows, creator of Jilted John and John Shuttleworth, started out with ELP before finding Yes, Focus, The Enid and Pink Floyd (although he has no time for The Dark Side Of The Moon)

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“An insane killer, a lunatic, he’s going to do something bad. Give him a ride, why don’t you? But when the end comes, you realise Jim’s singing a beautiful, romantic song": The story of the Doors' beautifully bleak masterpiece

It was the last track Jim Morrison recorded

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"When we recorded that song, Jim was on a huge dose of acid." How a simple break-up song evolved into The Doors' darkest, weirdest and most disturbing freak-out

How The End began, then went weird

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"There was about 380 people in the hall, sold out. There wasn’t a woman in sight." Carl Palmer looks back on the earliest Emerson, Lake & Palmer shows

The birth of a prog rock legend

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"It reminded me of the politics of fear, like we're doing today": How the LA club scene in the 1960s shaped American rock then sparked a revolution

The Doors to a riot: Six months in the life of Sunset Strip

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Conan O’Brien serves up a Beatles geekfest: best podcasts of the week

The big-name US talkshow host goes all Fab Four superfan in this historical take on the lives of John, Paul, George and Ringo. Plus, Naomi Fry delivers a rich deep dive into The Doors’ legacy

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“By doing maybe one Doors show a month we can fill a hole in our dire finances”: Mercury-nominated UK band Field Music are working as a tribute act

“Any embarrassment I might have felt about doing this has dissolved," the band explain, while thoroughly detailing their predicament

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“Jim would come in too drunk to sing decently. Sometimes it was a phrase at a time”: The tortured story of The Doors’ Waiting For The Sun, the album that set Jim Morrison on the path to destruction

Three albums in and Jim Morrison was heading down a dark path

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Jim Morrison's stolen gravestone bust recovered by police after nearly four decades

The bust was installed to mark the 10th anniversary of The Doors' frontman's death in 1971

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Bust of The Doors' Jim Morrison, stolen from Père Lachaise cemetery, found 37 years later

The mythical bust that once sat on top of Jim Morrison's grave in Paris has been found by accident during a search linked to a case of fraud. It remains to be determined whether the Père Lachaise cemetery will get the sculpture back.

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"On stage, I'd surrender to the ritual. It was like a meditation": Robby Krieger and John Densmore remember life with Jim Morrison and tell the acid-fuelled story of The Doors

Sixty years after The Doors took audiences on a destination-unknown thrill ride, Robby Krieger and John Densmore tell the band's wild story

What Hi-Fi?

Tom Petty, Motörhead, The Doors, plus some big surprises: we reveal 10 top music journalists’ most treasured vinyl records

10 of the world's top music journalists reveal their most cherished records as part of our Vinyl Week special event

The Independent UK

Val Kilmer was handsome, charismatic and difficult to work with – but he was worth it

TRIBUTE: The star of ‘The Doors’, ‘Top Gun’, ‘Heat’ and ‘Batman Forever’ – who has died at the age of 65 – was notorious for clashing with directors and struggling with his own celebrity. Coupled with his undeniable talent, it made him one of Hollywood’s most complex stars, writes Adam…

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Val Kilmer dead at 65: Tributes pour in for Hollywood star of Top Gun and Batman Forever as daughter reveals cause of death

Tributes pour in for Val Kilmer following the death of the actor who was once one of Hollywood’s most prominent leading men

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Sex! Jazz! LSD! The Doors' Robby Krieger and John Densmore on their extraordinary ride - only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Elton John, John Sykes, Jethro Tull, Bonnie Raitt, Led Zeppelin, The Wildhearts, Twisted Sister, Bon Mould, Black Spiders, Ice-T and more

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"We were so fired up to go on before Jim checked out that we didn't acknowledge his death and grieve": When the music's over - the story of The Doors' strange afterlife

The death of talismanic frontman Jim Morrison in 1971 looked like it marked the end of the road for The Doors. But his bandmates had other ideas

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“That was one thing I wanted to get right with Oliver. I went to his house and made sure he knew how that one had happened”: Robby Krieger sets the record straight on how a Doors classic was really written – and what the controversial movie got wrong

Oliver Stone's 1991 movie The Doors was panned for its historical inaccuracy – and Krieger is now clarifying how the band's songwriting process actually played out

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“They said, You boys will never do this show again!” The Doors' Robby Krieger and John Densmore share their memories of being banned from America's most legendary TV show

On September 17 1967, The Doors performed live on US TV institution The Ed Sullivan Show. They would not be invited back

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“Hendrix took a look at my first album and said: ‘I’ll try it this way’. I don’t appreciate that. But then I can’t play the guitar like him”: The chaotic story of Arthur Lee and Love, the 60s renegades who helped invent the LA scene

The Doors were stars but their Sunset Strip peers Love deserved to be equally famous

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"I just thought it was a good Queen gig. I was more interested in The Who": Photographer Neal Preston on being onstage with Queen at Live Aid

Legendary rock photographer Neal Preston tells stories of his time with Queen, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, the Allman Brothers and more

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Celebrating 50 Years Of Rush: an exclusive new interview with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson - only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Styx, Joe Satriani, The Doors, DeWolff, Sweet, Mark Tremonti, Metallica, Andy Fairweather Low, Tom Morello, Brothers Osborne, The Struts and more

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