John Densmore Quotes

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John Densmore

Profession : Musician

Birth : December 1, 1944

Painters 'see' the world; musicians 'hear' it.

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When Dudamel is up on the podium, he truly is 'inside' the music. It courses in his veins, mixing with his blood.

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Death trumps everything.

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I'm happy with how 'Feast Of Friends' finally turned out. It's been bootlegged so much, and of course, the quality was always crappy with those things.

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The End' eventually became the encore at all of our big concerts. We would play 'Light My Fire,' and there would be this incredible Summer Of Love '60s thing, and then we'd come out and bludgeon them with 'The End.'

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I love 'L.A. Woman.'

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Jazz musicians are spiritual by nature.

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Anyone can play Doors songs, unless it's for an ad for some product.

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I used to say, if Jim were alive today he'd never be clean and sober but I'm changing that answer because Eminem - angry, creative, just like Jim; a real talent - and Clapton, of course. It's a different time so he would have learned something, I think, but I don't protect what he did.

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Being a writer is a very difficult craft. Just like learning an instrument, it takes a long time and I couldn't really say I was a writer even after my first memoir.

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I am of the Vietnam generation; therefore, I feel mistrustful of the military.

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Certainly, we are all on the shoulders of those who fought for our country. But the first peoples of this land justifiably might feel bitterness.

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I do think if we had a draft again, the United States would embark on fewer wars.

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Even though the white-haired politician has no colorful wardrobe, after he speaks... you want to hug him. Why? Because what Bernie Sanders says feels like the truth. The unbridled truth. And he says it loud.

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

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We drummers all know that our mother's heartbeat was the first instrument we heard. As a race, we've all been trying to get back to that womb. That's why rhythm makes us move... dance.

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Sound is everything to a musician.

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The fossil fuel industry has made advocating alternative energy sources a liberal/conservative thing, and an ideological battle, when it should really be about a healthier, less toxic world.

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The '50s were so lame they produced the '60s!

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Wouldn't it be nice if human nature could learn stuff before we get to the brink? It seems we have to experience it first.

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