I learnt from Armstrong on the early recordings that you never sang a song the same way twice. — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I write songs. Then I record them. And later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job.… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
[You Got To Make It Through The World] it's kind of a survival song. Survival is what's happening and it's basically a… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
Definitely Muddy Waters has been a prime influence for anybody who's ever done anything rock 'n' roll. — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
What I like is natural music. It's like I was born with a gift to do something naturally, which I have no… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
The theory is that you don't play a song the same way twice because it's jazz. That's where I'm coming from. — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
If you're a pop singer, you don't need to evolve. You just get a set together, have some hit songs and play… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I'm talking about noise rock. I don't think that noise rock element belongs in jazz. It's not for me anyway; it just… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
Jazz was always cool. That was what I liked about jazz - it was always cool. Now I see the cats that… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
The media is going to stick a label on records. And the public is going to pick it up from that. And… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
If the spirit comes through in a Madame George type of song, that's what the spirit says. You have very little to… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
Rock is gut level and it just gets to people. I think there's far too much emphasis on intellectualization, especially in rock… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
When you start to analyze [rock 'n' roll], it's only because you don't understand it. You're just not connecting with it once… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I think I opened up an area with Astral Weeks that hit a lot of peoples' nerves. But you can't really say… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
There's a million things that come through when you put songs together and it's kind of difficult to pinpoint exactly what triggers… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
Whether you're writing a book or a song or whatever, you've got to be involved in it. It's got to come from… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I wrote a couple of songs that had gypsy references in them. The only reason it happened was because that's what was… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
Joyous Sound evolved from a gospel influence. Actually it evolved out of sitting at a piano and just picking out a riff,… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
We might think that we're really intellectual and we're going to check out the library to research the meaning every time somebody… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
The Eternal Kansas City song came from a dream sequence. It was actually kind of weird. I had this dream about a… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
In the media, a reviewer has his personal vision but it's passed along to a million readers or whatever. He might think… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
The job of the jazz people is to take it as far as it will go and that's what they're doing. But… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I write songs. Then I record them. And later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job.… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
The music I really like to get off on is the old rhythm 'n' blues and rock 'n' roll stuff... that's what… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
Jazz comes from a tradition where it swings. Swing was the main ingredient of jazz. And once it loses the swing...well, that's… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
The first piece of music that captured my imagination was probably Ray Charles Live At Newport. — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I understood jazz, I understood how it worked. That's what I apply to everything. — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I find it extremely difficult talking about my songs because there's so many different things that can make a song come together. — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I felt kind of bored at the prospect of writing some more of my own songs because I really wasn't saying what… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I just can't stand it [jazz/rock]. It just doesn't sound right to me. It doesn't hit me...it doesn't get me...it just doesn't… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music. — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
Somebody's going to hear a song that will key in a nerve or something in their experience that represents their own vision. And the… — Van Morrison Copy Share
I realized that what I was looking for was doing collaborations with other people - people who can play a ballad, rock, jazz. I… — Van Morrison Copy Share
It will make you feel good, and it will make you feel whole, when the spirit moves you and it fills you through and… — Van Morrison Copy Share
I'd much prefer to hear somebody like Ed Thigpen [drummer with New York session group Stuff, and featured on innumerable hits] take a solo.… — Van Morrison Copy Share
I've always listened to jazz or folk or blues. I was always listening to the prophets. I don't really go for...I don't know how… — Van Morrison Copy Share
My experiences with dope were not good for me. I had to go another route. Because in my experience, dope didn't give me those… — Van Morrison Copy Share
You learn to read the audiences after a while, and there are all different kinds of gigs. — Van Morrison Copy Share
I didn't know what some of the stuff on Astral Weeks was about until years later. — Van Morrison Copy Share
Sometimes you do know where the ideas are coming from and sometimes you don't. You might get a song coming through that you just… — Van Morrison Copy Share
At the end of the day, we should give thanks and pray, to the one, to the one. — Van Morrison Copy Share
Have I told you lately that I love you, have I told you lately there's no one above you. Fill my heart with gladness,… — Van Morrison Copy Share
I also like to do physical things. I like swimming a lot. I like traveling. Not touring traveling but just plain traveling. I also… — Van Morrison Copy Share
There's no man alive who has any answers. We all know that. It's like the guru trip. All a guru can do is direct… — Van Morrison Copy Share
![“[You Got To Make It Through The World] it's kind of a survival song. Survival is what's happening and it's basically a song about that.” quote by Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/7d8/van-morrison-1192_happenings_you-got-to-make-it-through-the-world-it_2547740.jpg)
![“When you start to analyze [rock 'n' roll], it's only because you don't understand it. You're just not connecting with it once you have to start analyzing it.” quote by Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/37b/van-morrison-1192_analyzing_when-you-start-to-analyze-rock-n-roll-it_478337.jpg)
![“I just can't stand it [jazz/rock]. It just doesn't sound right to me. It doesn't hit me...it doesn't get me...it just doesn't grab me.” quote by Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/88e/van-morrison-1192_jazz_i-just-can-t-stand-it-jazz-rock-it-just_2684053.jpg)
