I am troubled, immeasurably by your eyes. I am struck by the feather of your soft reply. The sound of glass speaks quick, disdain and conceals what your eyes fight to explain.

Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.

There are things known and things unknown and in between are The Doors.

Time to live, time to lie, time to laugh, and time to die. Take it easy baby. Take it as it comes.

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

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.

Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.

It may have been in pieces, but I gave you the best of me.

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.

Give me songs to sing and emerald dreams to dream and I'll give you love unfolding.

Nobody would stay interested in me if I was normal

All happiness depends on courage and work.

The sin of man was placed on a sinless Savior. 2 Cor. 5:21

Man always becomes other. Man is the animal who continually differs from himself.

But I'm very careful with opinions because I never know what the truth is. When I read what the press says about me, I don't really believe what it says about other people.

I want you to be with me in the dark. To hold me. To keep loving me. To help me when I get scared. To come right to the edge and see what's there.

How can the child learn to be a free and responsible citizen when the teacher is bound?

Jazz was uplifted by what I did.

Wise men are able to make a fitting use even of their enmities.

It was the oldest sound there was. Souls flying away.

The key to success is to risk thinking unconventional thoughts. Convention is the enemy of progress.