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.

~ Ray Manzarek

Alan Charm Constantly Energy Fabulous Filled He His Just Loaded Man Mind Old Racing Wit Years

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Drugs shouldn't be used for recreation although they can be, but ultimately the point of psychedelics is to put you in touch with the powers of the universe.

~ Ray Manzarek

Although Point Powers Put Recreation Touch Ultimately Universe Used You

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I need three million dollars to make a low-budget, intellectual, artistic, exciting, erotic movie with a great soundtrack.

~ Ray Manzarek

Artistic Dollars Exciting Great Intellectual Low-Budget Make Million Million Dollars Movie Need Soundtrack Three

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I think I'm a very poor piano player.

~ Ray Manzarek

I Think Piano Piano Player Player Poor Think Very

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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.

~ Ray Manzarek

Anyone Anything Done Gonna Kinds Like Music Open Poetry Really Since Things Think Thought Up Were World

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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.

~ Ray Manzarek

Admit Basically Be The First Cocktail First Good I Think Jazz Keyboard Keyboard Player Kind People Pianist Piano Piano Player Player Poor Think Very

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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.

~ Ray Manzarek

Africa Beat Black Created Jazz Man Rhythms Would Would-Be

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Jim wanted to be known as a poet, first and foremost.

~ Ray Manzarek

First Foremost Jim Known Poet Wanted

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Jim, as just a spoken poet, was not that good. He needed the music behind him. He felt a security and a sense of abandon when the music existed around him.

~ Ray Manzarek

Abandon Around Behind Existed Felt Good He Him Jim Just Music Needed Poet Security Sense Spoken

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Movies were very important. The art-form of the 20th century.

~ Ray Manzarek

20th Century Century Important Movies Very Were

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Rock 'n' roll is like a circus today.

~ Ray Manzarek

Circus Like Rock Rock-N-Roll Roll Today

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The Doors movie is a pack of lies. It did not make money. You want to make money in America? Tell the truth.

~ Ray Manzarek

America Did Doors Lies Make Money Movie Pack Tell The Doors Truth Want You

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The Doors were never that good as musicians.

~ Ray Manzarek

Doors Good Musicians Never The Doors Were

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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.

~ Ray Manzarek

Band Centre Doors Figure Jim Same Same Thing Spokesman Successful The Doors Thing Were Why

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The only thing that ultimately matters is to eat an ice-cream cone, play a slide trombone, plant a small tree, good God, now you're free.

~ Ray Manzarek

Eat Free God Good Matters Now Only Plant Play Slide Small The Only Thing Thing Tree Trombone Ultimately You

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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.

~ Ray Manzarek

Beyond Creative Creator Exist History Impulse Mankind Planet Psychedelic Put Spirits Substances Those Through Touch You Yourself

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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.

~ Ray Manzarek

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Ray Manzarek

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12 February, 1939

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20 May, 2013

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