Found this in the People Magazine archives:

People Magazine - July 8, 1991

SLAMMING THE DOOR
Guitar great Joe Walsh, whose new album is aptly titled Ordinary Average Guy, says he has never understood the lionization of rock stars by young fans. "A whole bunch of us are complete idiots, but kids need something to identify with," says Walsh, 43. "What's the big deal about Jim Morrison, for instance? Why did they make a movie about him? Why is he a rock martyr? The idiot drowned in a bathtub. Is that cool? I don't think so. It's a lot harder to stay alive and deal with it. And he couldn't even sing for s—-. He OD'd—anybody can do that. That's pitiful."

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