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“The problem with the jury system is that anyone who’s not smart enough to come with an excuse to get out of jury duty doesn’t get out,” he continues. “Only the stupidest of the stupidest people end up on juries, you know? I’ve never met a smart person who’s done jury duty.”

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Ray Manzarek: The Doors Keyboardist Dies

• View PhotoRay Manzarek: The Doors Keyboardist Dies

Ray Manzarek, a founding member of 1960s rock group The Doors, has died at the age of 74.
The keyboard player died in Rosenheim, Germany, with his family at his bedside following a battle with bile duct cancer.
He and singer Jim Morrison formed The Doors in 1965 after a chance meeting at Venice Beach in Los Angeles.
The Doors' original line-up, which also included drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robbie Krieger, was only together for a few years and they only made six studio albums.
But the band retained a large and obsessive long after Morrison's death, aged 27, in 1971 of a suspected heart attack and the band has sold more than 100 million records with songs such as Light My Fire and Riders On the Storm still considered "classic" rock favourites.
It reformed in 2002 with Ian Astbury replacing Morrison on vocals and Stewart Copeland, drummer in The Police, replacing Densmore on drums.
For Doors admirers, the band symbolised the darker side of the Los Angeles lifestyle, what happened to the city after the sun went down and the Beach Boys fans headed home.
"The Doors' vibe has more to do with Charles Bukowski than it does with Farrah Fawcett," said John Doe of punk band X, a friend of Manzarek's for more than 30 years, referring to the poet and Charlie's Angels' star respectively.
"It has more to do with Raymond Chandler and Nathaniel West, and Sunset Boulevard the movie, than it does with Beach Blanket Bingo,right? ... It's a real dark place out in LA."
Next to Morrison, Manzarek was the most distinctive-looking band member, his glasses and wavy blond hair providing the clean living look as a contrast to Morrison's Dionysian glamour - his sensuous mouth and long, dark hair.
Musically, Manzarek's spidery organ on Light My Fire is one of the most instantly recognisable sounds in rock history with his keyboard work would go on to be a touchstone of hits like Break On Through (To The Other Side) and Light My Fire.
"I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of my friend and bandmate Ray Manzarek today," said Doors guitarist Robby Krieger in a statement.
"I'm just glad to have been able to have played Doors songs with him for the last decade. Ray was a huge part of my life and I will always miss him."
Manzarek is survived by his wife, Dorothy, son and three grandchildren.

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