Van Morrison quotes - page 5

I write songs. Then, I record them. And, later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job. Simple. (Van Morrison)
As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music. View quote
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Hearing the blues changed my life. View quote
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I do see value in music criticism. Most of the criticism I have received over the years has been very good. View quote
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I don't feel comfortable doing interviews. My profession is music, and writing songs. That's what I do. I like to do it, but I hate to talk about it. View quote
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The first piece of music that captured my imagination was probably Ray Charles Live At Newport. View quote
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You take stuff from different places, and sometimes you stick a line in because it rhymes, not because it makes sense. View quote
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I'm very lucky, I'm happy with life because my experiences led me to do what I had to do. I don't have any regrets whatsoever. View quote
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The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on. View quote
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Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat. View quote
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It was really strange for me when I started to play concerts in America where the audiences were all sitting down. (Van Morrison)
I'd love to live in Ireland but I'd like to live as me, not what someone thinks I am. People don't understand - I lived there before I was famous. View quote
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I understood jazz, I understood how it worked. That's what I apply to everything. View quote
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I never paid attention to what was contemporary or what was commercial, it didn't mean anything to me. View quote
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I never bought the commercial thing, at any stage of the game. View quote
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I educated myself. To me, school was boring. View quote
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I always record far more than I can use. There's probably twice as much recorded as comes out. View quote
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Like I say, the way I write songs is, you know, inspirational. I have to wait for it to happen. And when it happens I get lines, and I just write them down, you know. I'm not sort of a Tin Pan Alley sort of songwriter. I just sort of write down what I get - without censoring or questioning what it is and what it means, you know. Like later on I look at what it means, but not at the time. View quote
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People think I'm eccentric, cranky. If I'm eccentric because I've never been into mainstream things, then I am eccentric. View quote
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And this time I forget to slip into your slumber The light is on the left side of your head And I'm standing in your doorway And I'm mumbling and I can't remember the last thing that ran through my head. View quote
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Saw you early this morning With your brand new boy and your Cadillac Saw you early this morning With your brand new boy and your Cadillac You're gone for something And I know you won't be back. (Van Morrison)
And they'll talk to you while you're in trances And you'll visualize not taking any chances But meet them halfway with love, peace and persuasion And expect them to rise for the occasion. View quote
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Leaves of brown they fall to the ground. And it's here, over there leaves around. Shut the door, dim the lights and relax. What is more, your desire or the facts? View quote
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Come here my love And I will lift my spirits high for you I'd like to fly away and spend a day or two Just contemplating the fields and leaves and talking about nothing Just layin' down in shades of effervescent, effervescent odors And shades of time and tide. View quote
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To Santa Fe Do you need it? Can you feel it in the same old way? I can feel it from the mountain top Runnin' down to the foamy brine In a rest'rant 'cross a table top Looking into a glass of wine Whispering in the evening breeze Green leaves glist'ning eucalyptus trees Can you hear them? Or get near them? View quote
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