Danny Sugerman
Danny Sugerman was an American music manager and author, best known for his association with The Doors. He co-authored the bestselling book "No One Here Gets Out Alive," a biography of Jim Morrison. Sugerman began working with the band as a teenager and later became their manager. His deep involvement in the rock scene, particularly during the 1960s and 1970s, provided him with firsthand insights into the music industry.
Book summaries for books written by Danny Sugerman
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The music called rock and roll was the first thing I had ever been attracted to. It was the first thing that ever made me feel like part of a group.
Jim Morrison was a poet, a prophet, and a pusher, a mystic, and a menace to society.
I'm interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos, especially activity that appears to have no meaning.
I see myself as a huge fiery comet, a shooting star. Everyone stops, points up and gasps 'Oh look at that!' Then - whoosh, and I'm gone... and they'll never see anything like it ever again... and they won't be able to forget me - ever.
I believe in a long, prolonged, derangement of the senses in order to obtain the unknown.
Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.
The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your sense for an act. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask.
People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that’s bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they’re afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they’re wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. It’s all in how you carry it. That’s what matters. Pain is a feeling. Your feelings are a part of you. Your own reality. If you feel ashamed of them, and hide them, you’re letting society destroy your reality. You should stand up for your right to feel your pain.
The appeal of cinema lies in the fear of death.
I think there ought to be some serious discussion by smart people, really smart people, about whether or not proliferation of things like The Smoking Gun and TMZ and YouTube and the whole celebrity culture is healthy.
The most loving parents and relatives commit murder with smiles on their faces. They force us to destroy the person we really are: a subtle kind of murder.
I believe that I am one of the few people who really care about the truth.