Ray Manzarek Quotes

Alan Ginsberg Was Fabulous. The Man Is So Filled With Energy. He's 65 Years Old And He's Just Loaded With Energy And Charm And Wit And His Mind Is Constantly Racing.

I Think I'm A Very Poor Piano Player.

The Doors Were Successful. It Was Jim Morrison As The Centre And The Figure And The Spokesman, The Figurehead, But We Were All Into The Same Thing. That's Why We Were A Band.

Rock 'n' Roll Is Like A Circus Today.

I'm Basically A Cocktail Jazz Kind Of Pianist. I'll Be The First To Admit That I'm Not A Very Good Keyboard Player. People Think I Think I'm Good. I Think I'm A Very Poor Piano Player.

I Need Three Million Dollars To Make A Low-budget, Intellectual, Artistic, Exciting, Erotic Movie With A Great Soundtrack.

We Went On Stage With The Jefferson Airplane, Jim Started Singing With Grace Slick And Hugging Her. Then He Danced Off The Stage, Went Back Into The Dressing Room And Passed Out Cold.

Through All Of History Mankind Has Ingested Psychedelic Substances. Those Substances Exist To Put You In Touch With Spirits Beyond Yourself, With The Creator, With The Creative Impulse Of The Planet.

I Thought We Were Gonna Open Up The World Of Poetry And Music To All Kinds Of Things, And Yet, I Can't Really Think Of Anyone Who's Done Anything Like It Since.

You Want A Showman, Go See Rock 'n' Roll Bands Today. You Want To Have A Shamanistic Experience, Get Psychedelic, Then You Watch The Doors.

The Doors Movie Is A Pack Of Lies. It Did Not Make Money. You Want To Make Money In America? Tell The Truth.

If There Was No Black Man There Would Be No Rock'n'roll. The Beat, The Rhythms Of Africa Are What Created Rock'n'roll And Jazz.