“People are strange when you're a stranger
Faces look ugly when you're alone”

—  Jim Morrison

"People Are Strange" on the album Strange Days (1967)
Context: People are strange when you're a stranger
Faces look ugly when you're alone
Women seem wicked when you're unwanted
Streets are uneven when you're down.

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lead singer of The Doors 1943–1971

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