133 Quotes by John Densmore

The Doors are Ray, Robby, Jim and John.

Most of what is said by candidates on the right is half-baked truths and fabrications coated in 'patriotism or family values.'

As long as there's young people, they can look to Jim to help them cut the umbilical chord.

I sometimes joke that I'm half Jewish, because I was raised Catholic... and we share 'the guilt.'

Ravi Shankar was an incredible teacher. I sat on stage with Robby Krieger and studied at his school of Indian music here in L.A., so at Royce Hall we were sitting next to him watching his hands bleed while he got possessed. This is the highest level you can get.

If I had been the drummer for the Grassroots, it probably wouldn't have cut me to the core when I heard John Lennon's 'Revolution' selling tennis shoes... and Nikes, to boot! That song was the soundtrack to part of my youth, when the streets were filled with passionate citizens expressing their First Amendment right to free speech.

Money is like fertiliser. When spread around, things grow; when it's hoarded, it stinks.

Echo & the Bunnymen just copied 'People Are Strange,' which is cool, we made some money, thanks. But when an artist finds a new interpretation of one of your songs, that's great. It turns your head around.

Many years ago, I spent 5k at a fundraiser to hang with another lame duck: Bill Clinton. I lobbied him to pardon Leonard Peltier, the Nelson Mandela of Native Americans.