Why did jim morrison call himself the lizard king?
As much as people think that he only said things because he was on drugs, I think that most of the time Jim had reasoning behind what he was saying. I am not exactly sure why he called himself the Lizard King, but I have some theories on why he did that. Jim was very intelligent, and he was also very educated. In Jim’s early college days (Florida State) he took some classes on media and journalism. Later on in an interview, (this was about the time that Morrison Hotel came out) Jim told the interviewer that he always had a secret meaning behind what he said. Jim said that he knew the things and types of phrases that journalists would put into print so he would subtly drop “gems” or phrases that he knew the interviewers could use and say over and over again.
