- Then Ray [Manzarek] said, 'My wife Dorothy and I were driving through downtown LA the other day and we saw this building that said Morrison Hotel on the window.' ... But the young guy behind the desk said, 'No, no, you can't take any pictures. You have to have the owner's permission' ... I peered in the window, and the guy had left the desk. I said to the band, 'Quick! Run in there!' They just got behind the window. I took one roll of film and got out of there before they could stop us!
- [Crosby, Stills, and Nash] didn't have a group shot, so we jumped in an old Ford 1950s station wagon that belonged to my friend Gary Burton, and drove around LA. When we saw that old house with the couch outside, they jumped out, sat down, and it framed up real nicely ... between the time I took the photo and getting it processed, they'd decided on the name Crosby, Stills and Nash. They said, 'That would make a great cover ...'.
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