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Van Morrison quotes: I educated myself. To me, school was boring. I educated myself. To me, school was boring.
Van Morrison quotes: The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on. The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.
Van Morrison quotes: In deep confusion, in great despair, when I reach out for him, he is there. When I am lonely as I can be, then I know God shines his light In deep confusion, in great despair, when I reach out for him, he is there. When I am lonely as I can be, then I know God shines his light on me.
Van Morrison quotes: Music is spiritual. The music business is not. Music is spiritual. The music business is not.
Van Morrison quotes: I deliberately try not to cater for the commercial market, so I can't see myself in competition, you know, with second or third generation rock stars. I deliberately try not to cater for the commercial market, so I can't see myself in competition, you know, with second or third generation rock stars.
Van Morrison quotes: Love of the simple is all that I need, I've no time for schism or lovers of greed. Love of the simple is all that I need, I've no time for schism or lovers of greed.
Van Morrison quotes: Enlightenment, don't know what it is. It's up to you, the way you think. Enlightenment, don't know what it is. It's up to you, the way you think.
Van Morrison quotes: Every performance is different. That's the beauty of it. Every performance is different. That's the beauty of it.
Van Morrison quotes: Meet them halfway with love, peace, and persuasion, and expect them to rise for the occasion. Meet them halfway with love, peace, and persuasion, and expect them to rise for the occasion.
Van Morrison quotes: Into the Music was about the first album where I felt, 'I'm starting here' ... the Wavelength thing, I didn't really feel that was me. Into the Music was about the first album where I felt, 'I'm starting here' ... the Wavelength thing, I didn't really feel that was me.
Van Morrison quotes: You gotta fight every day to keep mediocrity at bay ... You gotta fight every day to keep mediocrity at bay ...
Van Morrison quotes: As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music. As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music.
Van Morrison quotes: 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. 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.
Van Morrison quotes: Memories, how they linger in the twilight and in the wee small hours sometimes just before dawn. Memories, how they linger in the twilight and in the wee small hours sometimes just before dawn.
Van Morrison quotes: 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. 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.
Van Morrison quotes: A lot of people who were writing when I came through originally as a singer-songwriter have disappeared. A lot of people who were writing when I came through originally as a singer-songwriter have disappeared.
Van Morrison quotes: I'm a working man in my prime cleaning windows. I'm a working man in my prime cleaning windows.
Van Morrison quotes: 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. 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.
Van Morrison quotes: No guru, no method, no teacher, just you and I and nature, and the father in the garden. No guru, no method, no teacher, just you and I and nature, and the father in the garden.
Van Morrison quotes: I never bought the commercial thing, at any stage of the game. I never bought the commercial thing, at any stage of the game.
Van Morrison quotes: The fog of illusion, the fog of confusion is hanging all over the world. The fog of illusion, the fog of confusion is hanging all over the world.
Van Morrison quotes: Going down the old mine with a transistor radio. Going down the old mine with a transistor radio.
Van Morrison quotes: When the spirit moves me, I can do many wondrous things. When the spirit moves me, I can do many wondrous things.
Van Morrison quotes: Sometimes, when the spirit moves me I can do many wondrous things I wanna know when the spirit moves you Did ye get healed? Sometimes, when the spirit moves me I can do many wondrous things I wanna know when the spirit moves you Did ye get healed?
Van Morrison quotes: You can't stop us on the road to freedom, you can't stop us cause our eyes can see. You can't stop us on the road to freedom, you can't stop us cause our eyes can see.
Van Morrison quotes: 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. 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.
Van Morrison quotes: If it's what you do and you can do it, then you do it. If it's what you do and you can do it, then you do it.
Van Morrison quotes: If you never hear from me that just means I would rather not. If you never hear from me that just means I would rather not.
Van Morrison quotes: Men come, men go, all things remain in God. Men come, men go, all things remain in God.
Van Morrison quotes: I never, ever said that I was a nice guy. I never, ever said that I was a nice guy.
Van Morrison quotes: Someone once described me as a maverick and that's what I would say. I'm a maverick not by choice but by conviction. Someone once described me as a maverick and that's what I would say. I'm a maverick not by choice but by conviction.
Van Morrison quotes: I just need somewhere to dump all my negativity. I just need somewhere to dump all my negativity.
Van Morrison quotes: There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles. There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.
Van Morrison quotes: My records do not require a lot of thought of 'What is this?' and 'What is that?' That would be too contrived for me. My records do not require a lot of thought of 'What is this?' and 'What is that?' That would be too contrived for me.
Van Morrison quotes: I never paid attention to what was contemporary or what was commercial, it didn't mean anything to me. I never paid attention to what was contemporary or what was commercial, it didn't mean anything to me.
Van Morrison quotes: Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag. 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 quotes: Sartre said that hell is other people, I believe that most of them are Sartre said that hell is other people, I believe that most of them are
Van Morrison quotes: I don't think nostalgia has to be negative. I don't think nostalgia has to be negative.
Van Morrison quotes: Singing is my profession - there is no plan B. Singing is my profession - there is no plan B.
Van Morrison quotes: When I think of that dear rugged cross where the dear Saviour gave his all ... When I feel like I'm on my last go round, see me through. When I think of that dear rugged cross where the dear Saviour gave his all ... When I feel like I'm on my last go round, see me through.
Van Morrison quotes: Illusions and pipe dreams on the one handAnd straight reality is always cold Illusions and pipe dreams on the one hand
And straight reality is always cold
Van Morrison quotes: I learnt from Armstrong on the early recordings that you never sang a song the same way twice. I learnt from Armstrong on the early recordings that you never sang a song the same way twice.
Van Morrison quotes: When heart is open, you will change just like a flower slowly opening. When heart is open, you will change just like a flower slowly opening.
Van Morrison quotes: If you live the life you love, you get the blessing from above. If you live the life you love, you get the blessing from above.
Van Morrison quotes: I understood jazz, I understood how it worked. That's what I apply to everything. I understood jazz, I understood how it worked. That's what I apply to everything.
Van Morrison quotes: I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across. I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.
Van Morrison quotes: I've never felt like I was born with a silver spoon at all, although I've felt like howling at the moon a lot of times! I've never felt like I was born with a silver spoon at all, although I've felt like howling at the moon a lot of times!
Van Morrison quotes: The wild night is calling. The wild night is calling.
Van Morrison quotes: Common one, my illuminated one, oh my high in the art of suffering. Take a walk with me. Common one, my illuminated one, oh my high in the art of suffering. Take a walk with me.
Van Morrison quotes: 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. 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 quotes: You come into my dreams from a whisper to a scream. You come into my dreams from a whisper to a scream.
Van Morrison quotes: Hearing the blues changed my life. Hearing the blues changed my life.
Van Morrison quotes: At the end of the day, we should give thanks and pray, to the one, to the one. At the end of the day, we should give thanks and pray, to the one, to the one.
Van Morrison quotes: It was really strange for me when I started to play concerts in America where the audiences were all sitting down. It was really strange for me when I started to play concerts in America where the audiences were all sitting down.
Van Morrison quotes: It's a marvelous night for a moondance! It's a marvelous night for a moondance!
Van Morrison quotes: Go up to the mountain, go up to the glen, where silence will touch you, and heartbreak will mend. Go up to the mountain, go up to the glen, where silence will touch you, and heartbreak will mend.
Van Morrison quotes: 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. 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.
Van Morrison quotes: It will make you feel good, and it will make you feel whole, when the spirit moves you and it fills you through and through. It will make you feel good, and it will make you feel whole, when the spirit moves you and it fills you through and through.
Van Morrison quotes: I am about the arrangements and the layers of depth in the music. I am about the arrangements and the layers of depth in the music.
Van Morrison quotes: There's always got to be a struggle. What else is there? That's what life is made of. I don't know anything else. If there is, tell me about it. There's always got to be a struggle. What else is there? That's what life is made of. I don't know anything else. If there is, tell me about it.
Van Morrison quotes: Jackie Wilson said it was Reet-Petite, kind of love you got knock me off my feet. Jackie Wilson said it was Reet-Petite, kind of love you got knock me off my feet.
Van Morrison quotes: I had my eyes closed in the dark, I sighed a million sighs, I told a million lies, to myself, to myself. I had my eyes closed in the dark, I sighed a million sighs, I told a million lies, to myself, to myself.
Van Morrison quotes: I always record far more than I can use. There's probably twice as much recorded as comes out. I always record far more than I can use. There's probably twice as much recorded as comes out.
Van Morrison quotes: A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm famous. I'm not famous to me. Famous is a perception. A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm famous. I'm not famous to me. Famous is a perception.
Van Morrison quotes: Laying underneath the stars Can be so much fun Especially when you're feeling good When you're with the one you love. Laying underneath the stars Can be so much fun Especially when you're feeling good When you're with the one you love.
Van Morrison quotes: I'm a dweller of the threshold and I'm waiting at the door, and I'm standing in the darkness, I don't want to wait no more. I'm a dweller of the threshold and I'm waiting at the door, and I'm standing in the darkness, I don't want to wait no more.
Van Morrison quotes: If my heart could do my thinking, would my brain begin to feel? If my heart could do my thinking, would my brain begin to feel?
Van Morrison quotes: Let your soul and spirit fly. Let your soul and spirit fly.
Van Morrison quotes: You take stuff from different places, and sometimes you stick a line in because it rhymes, not because it makes sense. You take stuff from different places, and sometimes you stick a line in because it rhymes, not because it makes sense.
Van Morrison quotes: 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. 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.
Van Morrison quotes: Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat. Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat.
Van Morrison quotes: I've got love in my life, as well as trouble and strife. I've got love in my life, as well as trouble and strife.
Van Morrison quotes: 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. 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.
Van Morrison quotes: The future is keeping you out of the present time. The future is keeping you out of the present time.
Van Morrison quotes: Smell the sea and feel the sky. Smell the sea and feel the sky.
Van Morrison quotes: I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there before that. I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there before that.
Van Morrison quotes: From the dark end of the street - To the bright side of the road - We'll be lovers once again on the - Bright side of the road From the dark end of the street - To the bright side of the road - We'll be lovers once again on the - Bright side of the road
Van Morrison quotes: Way across the country where the hillside mountains glide, the dynamo of your smile caressed the barefoot virgin child. Way across the country where the hillside mountains glide, the dynamo of your smile caressed the barefoot virgin child.
Van Morrison quotes: This Hollywood ain't no good, I would rather be like Robin Hood. This Hollywood ain't no good, I would rather be like Robin Hood.
Van Morrison quotes: Hark, now hear the sailors cry, smell the sea, and feel the sky let your soul & spirit fly, into the mystic ... Hark, now hear the sailors cry, smell the sea, and feel the sky let your soul & spirit fly, into the mystic ...
Van Morrison quotes: In the gentle evening freeze, by the whispering shady trees I will find sanctuary in the Lord. In the gentle evening freeze, by the whispering shady trees I will find sanctuary in the Lord.
Van Morrison quotes: The way I was singing the songs was jazz The way I was singing the songs was jazz
Van Morrison quotes: I shall drive my chariot down your street and cry hey it's me. I shall drive my chariot down your street and cry hey it's me.
Van Morrison quotes: You learn to read the audiences after a while, and there are all different kinds of gigs. You learn to read the audiences after a while, and there are all different kinds of gigs.
Van Morrison quotes: Large audiences did not suit my low-key approach. Large audiences did not suit my low-key approach.
Van Morrison quotes: You've got to separate the singer and the songs. You've got to separate the singer and the songs.
Van Morrison quotes: If you're a pop singer, you don't need to evolve. You just get a set together, have some hit songs and play them over and over. If you're a pop singer, you don't need to evolve. You just get a set together, have some hit songs and play them over and over.
Van Morrison quotes: The first piece of music that captured my imagination was probably Ray Charles Live At Newport. The first piece of music that captured my imagination was probably Ray Charles Live At Newport.
Van Morrison quotes: The blues - there's no black and white - it's the truth. The blues - there's no black and white - it's the truth.
Van Morrison quotes: You can't stay the same. If you're a musician and a singer, you have to change, that's the way it works. You can't stay the same. If you're a musician and a singer, you have to change, that's the way it works.
Van Morrison quotes: I have seen without perceiving I have been another man Let me pierce the realm of glamour So I know just what I am. I have seen without perceiving I have been another man Let me pierce the realm of glamour So I know just what I am.
Van Morrison quotes: I do see value in music criticism. Most of the criticism I have received over the years has been very good. I do see value in music criticism. Most of the criticism I have received over the years has been very good.
Van Morrison quotes: And I want to rock your gypsy soulJust like way back in the days of oldAnd magnificently we will fold into the mystic And I want to rock your gypsy soul
Just like way back in the days of old
And magnificently we will fold into the mystic
Van Morrison quotes: Become enraptured by the sights and sounds in intrigue of nature and beauty, come along with me and take it all in. Come here my love. Become enraptured by the sights and sounds in intrigue of nature and beauty, come along with me and take it all in. Come here my love.
Van Morrison quotes: Making love in the green grass behind the stadium with you my brown eyed girl. Making love in the green grass behind the stadium with you my brown eyed girl.
Van Morrison quotes: Let me purify my thoughts and words and deeds that I may be a vehicle for thee. Let me purify my thoughts and words and deeds that I may be a vehicle for thee.
Van Morrison quotes: A fantabulous night to make romance. A fantabulous night to make romance.
Van Morrison quotes: Once in a blue moon someone like you comes along. Once in a blue moon someone like you comes along.
Van Morrison quotes: Enlightenment says the world is nothing Nothing but a dream, everything's an illusion And nothing is real. Enlightenment says the world is nothing Nothing but a dream, everything's an illusion And nothing is real.
Van Morrison quotes: You have to understand a bit about the poetry of the blues to know where the references are coming from. You have to understand a bit about the poetry of the blues to know where the references are coming from.

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