Legislating morality doesn't work (see: Prohibition). It produced the Mafia.

John Densmore

First of all, Turtle Island is the name of this continent we live on... that's right, not 'America... as in North America,' but the name given by the first peoples of this land.

John Densmore

Creativity and self-destruction sometimes come in the same package.

John Densmore

It's your inner life that's the most important.

John Densmore

Yes, the '60s went too far, but we were trying to find new ways, better ways, to do things. And great seeds were planted: civil rights, the peace movement, the environmental movement, feminism. They're big seeds. They take a long time to come to fruition. Please, let's stop fighting, and get out our water cans.

John Densmore