Words
were what excited Jim [Morrison],
writing rather than singing them. “I
never did any singing,” he told Rolling
Stone, looking back on his youth. “I
never even conceived it. I thought I was
going to be a writer or a sociologist, maybe write plays. Anne expected her brother to become a poet
“and be poor all his life”. As an
example of his intellectual interests, she notes that when he graduated from
high school in 1961 he asked his parents for the complete works of Friedrich
Nietzsche as a reward, which says something about the sort of boy he was and
offers a key to understanding the performer he became.
(from 27 – A
History of the 27 Club… by Howard Sounes)
9½*/10. The complete review is here.
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