I believe he was being himself. But he was a worshipper of chaos. In one of his poems he says
Quote:
POWER
I can make the earth stop in
its tracks. I made the
blue cars go away.
I can make myself invisible or small.
I can become gigantic & reach the
farthest things. I can change
the course of nature.
I can place myself anywhere in
space or time.
I can summon the dead.
I can perceive events on other worlds,
in my deepest inner mind,
& in the minds of others.
I can
I am
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He was obsessed with changing his reality. So he would fluctuate from being a nobody to being some kind of idol. I don't think you could act like him if you wanted too. If you did I don't think anybody would even tolerate it.
Kitchkinet, the reason why people like him so much is because he transcended pretty much everything. He was an artist, he did whatever he wanted, the man had no limitations. And who cares if he was a drunk satanist the man wrote brilliantly and had an amazing voice. I wouldn't call him a satanist though I mean I havent researched much of his religious beliefs, but if anything I'd dub him as a cross between a solipsist and an existentialist.
Edit - I think deep inside every rock musician just wishes they were Jim Morrison.
He was big on neitzche, huxley obviously, and william blake. I don't like neitzche too much, the dark side of existentialism but huxley and blake are great in my book.