"I’d never heard lyrics to a rock song like that before."

"We talked a while before we decided to get a group together and make a million dollars."

When Jim Morrison first read his song lyrics to Ray Manzarek.

Outwardly the two seemed so different. The strikingly tall, dark and handsome Morrison looked the part of rock star, while Manzarek, with glasses and comparatively close-cropped blonde hair, retained a more professorial look.

Ray Manzarek has died of bile duct cancer at the age of 74. Manzarek was the keyboardist for their group, The Doors, and if you know any keyboard riff from that era, you know his.