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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

#beat #black #created #jazz #man

Rock 'n' roll is like a circus today. ↗

— Ray Manzarek

#like #rock #roll #today

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

— Ray Manzarek

#dollars #exciting #great #i #intellectual

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

#basically #be the first #cocktail #first #good

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

— Ray Manzarek

#foremost #jim #known #poet #wanted

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

#around #behind #existed #felt #good

This AIDS stuff is pretty scary. I hope I don't get it. ↗

— Robert Mapplethorpe

#get #hope #i #pretty #scary

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

#did #doors #lies #make #money

The Doors were never that good as musicians. ↗

— Ray Manzarek

#good #musicians #never #the doors #were

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

#back #cold #danced #dressing #dressing room