Van Morrison quotes - page 4

I don't think I will ever mellow out. I think if you mellow out, you get eaten up. You become like a commodity. So I don't think I will mellow out. It is not in my blood. (Van Morrison)
Someone to hold onto And keep me from all fear Someone to be my guiding light And keep me ever dear To keep me from my selfishness To keep me from my sorrow To lead me on to givingness So I can see a new tomorrow. View quote
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When I was fifteen, I became a professional musician. I got involved with people and did certain things which led me to start making records and touring. And leaving Belfast and going to London and America, one thing led to another and I got caught up in the life that I'm living now...I was very young and i followed something. View quote
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In the land of a thousand dances, I dance with you. I was out I was taking my chances When dreams came true When you came into my dream Like from a whisper to a scream. View quote
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And you know you gotta go On that train from Dublin up to Sandy Row Throwing pennies at the bridges down below And the rain, hail, sleet, and snow Say goodbye to Madame George Dry your eye for Madame George Wonder why for Madame George. View quote
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Turn up your radio and let me hear the song Switch on your electric light Then we can get down to what is really wrong I long to hold you tight so I can feel you Sweet lady of the night I shall reveal you. View quote
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Some people say You can make it on your own Oh you can make it if you try I know better now You can't stand up alone Oh baby that is why.I'm real real gone I can't stand up by myself Don't you know I need your help You're a friend of mine And I'm real real gone. View quote
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Rave on, down through the industrial revolution Empiricism, atomic and nuclear age Rave on down through time and space down through the corridors Rave on words on printed page. View quote
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Showed me pictures in the gallery Showed me novels on the shelf Put my hands across the table Gave me knowledge of myself. Showed me visions, showed me nightmares Gave me dreams that never end Showed me light out of the tunnel When there was darkness all around instead. View quote
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Hey where did we go, Days when the rains came Down in the hollow, Playin' a new game, Laughing and a running hey, hey Skipping and a jumping In the misty morning fog with Our hearts a thumpin' and you My brown eyed girl, You my brown eyed girl. View quote
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Walkin' on a city street who would think you could ever be touched By a total stranger, not me But when you came up to me that day and I listened to your story It reminded me so much of myself It wasn't what you said but the way it felt to me About a search and a journey just like mine. (Van Morrison)
The dynamo of your smile caressed a barefoot virgin child to wander. View quote
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In order to win you must be prepared to lose sometime. And leave one or two cards showing. View quote
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You can't stay the same. If you're a musician and a singer, you have to change, that's the way it works. View quote
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If it's what you do and you can do it, then you do it. View quote
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I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there before that. View quote
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When I started studying tenor saxophone as a kid in Belfast, I did so with a guy named George Cassidy, who was also a big inspiration. View quote
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I just need somewhere to dump all my negativity. View quote
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Every performance is different. That's the beauty of it. View quote
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Large audiences did not suit my low-key approach. View quote
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Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag. (Van Morrison)
I went back to Belfast and started a club, the Maritime. No one had thought about doing a blues club, so I was the first. View quote
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These days politics, religion, media seem to get all mixed up. Television became the new religion a long time back and the media has taken over. View quote
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Even today, skiffle is a defining part of my music. If I get the opportunity to just have a jam, skiffle is what I love to play. View quote
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When I started you were more in touch with the people you were playing to. There wasn't the distance or the separation that there is now. View quote
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