mbaud would influence the form of Jim's short prose poems. In the book No One Here Gets Out Alive Danny Sugerman list a number of artist and then states ...the mad ones, the doomed ones, the writers, poets, and painters, the artist stubbornly resistant to authority and insistent on being loyal to their true nature, at any coast - this was the lineage with whom Jim most passionately identified, and it was to their standard he aspired. To be a poet, to be an artist, meant more than writing or painting or singing; it meant having a vision and courage to see that vision through, despite any opposition. What didn't kill you made you stronger, and if you had what it took you were rare and wondrous, and if you didn't it couldn't be faked.(p.xiii) Kurt once said "That's what music is entertainment. The more you put yourself into it, the more of you comes out in it."(www.downer.com quotes) Danny Sugarman explained that one of Jim's tricks was ...the use of pauses during performances- sometimes between songs, sometimes between lines, sometimes between syllables. Morrison claimed that these silences could draw out the hostility and bring the group (or himself) and the audience closer together. (The Doors The Illustrated History p.Introduction) Another issue in their lives were stereotypes, and cover-ups. Kurt wrote many of his songs about stereotypes and people he did not like. Kurt once proclaimed "I've always had a problem with the average macho man- they've always been a thereat to me."(www.downer.com quotes) This is defiantly shown in his work for the songs "Mr. Moustache","Territorial Pissings", and "Very Ape" all speak on this subject. Mr. Moustache" is also the name of one of his early comics portraying to the same topic. Another song "Scoff" is directed towards the people who didn't believe in Kurt's musical aspirations. The song "Big Cheese" is written about an agent and the pressures he put on the band. Jim also had strong feelings towar...
