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> [You have to remember that writing those sorta songs is not reality, it's more like trance, dream, y'know, like dreamwork. The mythical thing can enter the creating but there's the mythical place and the real place. And there's both...I get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/you-have-to-remember-that-writing-those-sorta-songs-is-not-reality-it/)

[Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/)

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## More by Van Morrison

> [The fog of illusion, the fog of confusion is hanging all over the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/the-fog-of-illusion-the-fog-of-confusion-is-hanging-all-over-the-world/)

[Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/somebody-s-going-to-hear-a-song-that-will-key-in-a-nerve-or-something/)

[Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/)

> [I realized that what I was looking for was doing collaborations with other people - people who can play a ballad, rock, jazz. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-realized-that-what-i-was-looking-for-was-doing-collaborations-with/)

[Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/)

> [It will make you feel good, and it will make you feel whole, when the spirit moves you and it fills you through and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/it-will-make-you-feel-good-and-it-will-make-you-feel-whole-when-the/)

[Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/)

> [ 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.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-d-much-prefer-to-hear-somebody-like-ed-thigpen-drummer-with-new/)

[Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-ve-always-listened-to-jazz-or-folk-or-blues-i-was-always-listening/)

[Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/my-experiences-with-dope-were-not-good-for-me-i-had-to-go-another/)

[Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/)

> [You learn to read the audiences after a while, and there are all different kinds of gigs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/you-learn-to-read-the-audiences-after-a-while-and-there-are-all/)

[Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/)

> [You gotta fight every day to keep mediocrity at bay...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/you-gotta-fight-every-day-to-keep-mediocrity-at-bay/)

[Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/)

> [I didn't know what some of the stuff on Astral Weeks was about until years later.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-didn-t-know-what-some-of-the-stuff-on-astral-weeks-was-about-until/)

[Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/sometimes-you-do-know-where-the-ideas-are-coming-from-and-sometimes/)

[Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/)

> [At the end of the day, we should give thanks and pray, to the one, to the one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/at-the-end-of-the-day-we-should-give-thanks-and-pray-to-the-one-to/)

[Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/have-i-told-you-lately-that-i-love-you-have-i-told-you-lately-there-s/)

[Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/)

> [I also like to do physical things. I like swimming a lot. I like traveling. Not touring traveling but just plain traveling. I also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-also-like-to-do-physical-things-i-like-swimming-a-lot-i-like/)

[Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/there-s-no-man-alive-who-has-any-answers-we-all-know-that-it-s-like/)

[Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/)

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