Howard Stern Interview of Danny Sugerman, Ray Manzarek and John DensmoreAndy Morrison, Jim Morrison's brother, excluded from inheritance because he talked with the authors of No One Here Gets Out Alive YouTube Video of the audio from the Stern show.

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Andy being cut out sheds light on why  Frank Lisciandro and Paul Rothchild were always so against the book No One Here Gets Out Alive, claiming it showed a "sensationalized" and false version of Jim who they claimed was a "Southern gentlemen", but never shared any stories of Jim being that. Frank and Paul didn't want to get cut out of any money the way Andy did.

Manzarek, Ray. Light My Fire:

Felx Venable didn't think The Doors was a good idea and just wanted to drink with Jim. "Hey, Jim," Felix said, turning away from Ray, "Let’s go get something to drink. I’m thirsty, man." Thank God Jim said, "Later, man, after we finish rehearsal."

Ray writes, "And the asshole [Felix] didn’t even like the music. Neither did my good friend Frank Lisciandro, another film school buddy. He didn’t think Morrison had it. "What are you doing hanging around with Morrison, Ray?" he asked me. "He’s nothing but a punk! You’re wasting your time with him." He was incredulous and seemed almost angry. He didn’t get it, either. It was beyond him."Later, Frank would become one of Jim’s biggest sycophants. He would flatter him and suck up to him and laugh too loudly at Jim’s jokes. It was more weakening, enervating indulgence. It was disgusting, but it was the price of fame.

When the Doors made it to the top of the charts, Frank finally liked the music. And when Jim put on his leathers...well...Frank finally got it!I had no idea what derangement was possible under the influence of those weird drugs the unholy three were taking. I saw Jim intoxicated. Out of it. Not himself, but also not yet possessed. It was far too early in the game. The good Jim Morrison-the poet, the artist-was still too strong to be seduced by negativity. But Felix was sowing the seeds and Jimbo was peeking through the trapdoor, and the sleep of reason was going to produce nightmares.

Waking nightmares, for me and everyone who loved James Douglas Morrison.Felix was the spirit of human darkness: power and manipulation, selfishness, mendacity, greed. Alcohol brought out these negative traits in Felix and, once unleashed, they completely dominated his personality. At school or when he was sober, Felix was a good guy. He was bright, relatively hip, and older than everyone else. He had a lot of experience under his belt. And Jim liked him as a much older brother or perhaps even a father figure. And what Felix was selling would eventually insinuate itself into Jim’s psyche, where it would germinate, take root, and breed a tiny monster. Jimbo.

After all, Jim and Felix were of the same ethnic lineage, the same tribe, the same bloodstock, they had the same southern frame of reference and shared a penchant for alcohol. Of course they hit it off. And when Felix spoke, Jim listened. But when Jim drank, in those days, he just got silly."Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself," said the Galilean. Felix, however, had never gone soft. He was still a hard guy. A power freak. A seeker after dominance. An American. The very traits Jimbo would emulate.

Light My Fire

Butler, Patricia. Angels Dance and Angels Die: The Tragic Romance of Pamela and Jim Morrison:

Eva Gardonyi, who first met Jim through her husband, documentary filmmaker Frank Gardonyi, also remembers the premium Jim put on the timing of his relationship with Pamela. “She was there when he had to just do it out of nothing and from nowhere, and she believed in him and he appreciated that,” Gardonyi told Frank Lisciandro in his book Feast of Friends. “I know that they had been starving together and that was a very important thing. Not when he had money or not when he had fame, but prior to that.”

Unfortunately for Jim, his money attracted others who were equally lost and seeking some form of recognition or fame. As long as he had money, they hung around him, enjoying his largess, and goaded him along. When the money ran out, they went to a different pile of garbage like the gadflies they were. Note that even Paul Ferrara, who sued Jim and the Doors, became a real "pal" after Jim died. There is much talk of Ferrara and his participation in the making of the movie, but little indication of the rancor and bitter feelings raised by Ferrara when he demanded more money from Jim-and consequently, the Doors for his work on Hwy. Today, Ferrara talks about Jim as though nothing ever happened. He is also exploiting his position for financial gain.

Angels Dance And Angels Die

Lisciandro, Frank. Jim Morrison: Friends Gathered Together :

Frank Lisciandrio: Did Jim drink much then? 

Phil O'Leno: No. I sometimes think it’s a little bit of hanging out with Felix…. I mean Felix always had to have his bottle. We’d go out driving in the night and Felix would always have a pint with him. He’d always try to have us take one, but neither Morrison nor I were interested. And I don’t know at what point that changed. I wouldn’t say Felix made him an alcoholic, but I would say that he was a model, so to speak, even though Felix was so many more years older than us.

Frank Lisciandrio: By late ‘65, Jim and Ray had formed a band. Did this cause a change between you, Felix and Jim? 

Phil O'Leno: Felix, Jim and I, yeah. See we were getting a little bit crazy, the three of us; too crazy. So it was difficult for the band to rehearse really. Jim would rather get fucked up.

Frank Lisciandrio: What about Felix and Jim? 

Phil O'Leno: Yeah, that was pretty tight, except that Felix just wanted to get fucked up, you know. I mean Felix wasn’t the.… His wasn’t the most positive relationship, but, yeah, they were tight.

Frank Lisciandrio: I’m trying to find the origins of his alcoholism. 

Phil O'Leno: Well, you start with Felix and you start, maybe with something to do with the family background...

Friends Gathered Together

Jim Morrison Interview:

"A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself-and especially to feel, or not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at any moment is fine with them. That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is."