To deny the darkness of the soul is to be but half a human being. But we had both sides.

- Ray Manzarek

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

I played music practically my entire life. But the first time I ever really played music was with John and Robby and Jim That's where it happened. it…

- Ray Manzarek

The ancient Egyptians used to say: if you say a man's name, he is alive. I take this opportunity to say, Jim Morrison.

- Ray Manzarek

One of the great gifts of being a human being is that you can get rid of yourself and enter into the oneness of music.

- Ray Manzarek

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

- Ray Manzarek

You dont make music for immortality you make music for the moment of capturing the sheer joy of being alive on planet earth, WOW! is this fun... this…

- Ray Manzarek

When you're glad to be alive, good ideas come. The reason good ideas don't come today is because we're all bottled up with greed and anger. We're mad.

- Ray Manzarek

Time is just a moment that we occupy in this brief spin around the planet.

- Ray Manzarek