John Densmore Quotes

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

I believe in the mystery, and I don't want to take it any further than that. Maybe what I mean by that is love.

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

In your twenties, everything makes you crazy.

The first drum beat we all heard was our mother.

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

I've been very blessed to make a living in stuff I love and am totally passionate about, music and writing. So I'm eager to see what the day will bring, how I will feed that passion.

Fortunately, an extremely sexy, pixie-voiced blond named Ronnie Harran, who booked the Whisky, saw us...She had an ear for talent...the Whisky was finally a gig we could be proud of.

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

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

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

When I wake up in the morning, I meditate immediately, before I even get out of bed.

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

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

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