--- title: "13 Ifs Quotes By Van Morrison" description: "13 Ifs quotes by Van Morrison. Plus more from Van Morrison and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a2/van-morrison-1192_daddy_if-you-want-to-put-your-rock-n-roll-into_3095496.jpg" --- > [ If you want to put your rock 'n' roll into mythology, \[A Period of Transition\] is from the Daddy Cool school. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/if-you-want-to-put-your-rock-n-roll-into-mythology-a-period-of/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a2/van-morrison-1192_daddy_if-you-want-to-put-your-rock-n-roll-into_3095496.jpg) > [If my heart could do my thinking, would my brain begin to feel?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/if-my-heart-could-do-my-thinking-would-my-brain-begin-to-feel/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4a/van-morrison-1192_brain_if-my-heart-could-do-my-thinking-would-m_389911.jpg) > [If you live the life you love, you get the blessing from above.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/if-you-live-the-life-you-love-you-get-the-blessing-from-above/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ec/van-morrison-1192_adages_if-you-live-the-life-you-love-you-get-th_965755.jpg) > [If you never hear from me that just means I would rather not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/if-you-never-hear-from-me-that-just-means-i-would-rather-not/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a78/van-morrison-1192_funny_if-you-never-hear-from-me-that-just-mean_2737767.jpg) > [Don't lose the wonder in your eyes It's right there when you smile... If we go back, for a while Let me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/don-t-lose-the-wonder-in-your-eyes-it-s-right-there-when-you-smile-if/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/492/van-morrison-1192_eye_don-t-lose-the-wonder-in-your-eyes-it-s_2333544.jpg) > [If the spirit comes through in a Madame George type of song, that's what the spirit says. You have very little to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/if-the-spirit-comes-through-in-a-madame-george-type-of-song-that-s/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fab/van-morrison-1192_ifs_if-the-spirit-comes-through-in-a-madame_2172507.jpg) > [Any artist is an instrument-and that's exactly why you can't do it all the time. You can only do it when it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/any-artist-is-an-instrument-and-that-s-exactly-why-you-can-t-do-it/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/594/van-morrison-1192_art_any-artist-is-an-instrument-and-that-s-e_2493872.jpg) > [If you're putting somebody down, you're doing it because you're just seeing a part of yourself that you don't like. That's all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/if-you-re-putting-somebody-down-you-re-doing-it-because-you-re-just/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/984/van-morrison-1192_doing_if-you-re-putting-somebody-down-you-re-d_305126.jpg) > [If I ventured in the slipstream between the viaducts of your dreams, where immobile steel rims crack and the ditch in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/if-i-ventured-in-the-slipstream-between-the-viaducts-of-your-dreams/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af7/van-morrison-1192_back-roads_if-i-ventured-in-the-slipstream-between_245459.jpg) > [If you're with a good band and everybody's from the old school, it's different. When you're in your element, you're in your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/if-you-re-with-a-good-band-and-everybody-s-from-the-old-school-it-s/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ce/van-morrison-1192_band_if-you-re-with-a-good-band-and-everybody_2548784.jpg) > [If you get into introspective blues or something where you're stretching out a bit, large audiences don't respond to this, so you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/if-you-get-into-introspective-blues-or-something-where-you-re/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de1/van-morrison-1192_audience_if-you-get-into-introspective-blues-or-s_3183732.jpg) > [There's always stress involved in any genre or art form, there's always going to be a struggle. If there's no struggle, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/there-s-always-stress-involved-in-any-genre-or-art-form-there-s/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67a/van-morrison-1192_art_there-s-always-stress-involved-in-any-ge_695818.jpg) > [There's no difference between lyrics and poetry. Words are words. The only difference is the people who are in academic positions and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/there-s-no-difference-between-lyrics-and-poetry-words-are-words-the/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4d/van-morrison-1192_academic_there-s-no-difference-between-lyrics-and_2187878.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/van-morrison/#itemlist", "name": "13 Ifs Quotes By Van Morrison", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you want to put your rock 'n' roll into mythology, [A Period of Transition] is from the Daddy Cool school.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Van Morrison" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/if-you-want-to-put-your-rock-n-roll-into-mythology-a-period-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a2/van-morrison-1192_daddy_if-you-want-to-put-your-rock-n-roll-into_3095496.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a2/van-morrison-1192_daddy_if-you-want-to-put-your-rock-n-roll-into_3095496.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a2/van-morrison-1192_daddy_if-you-want-to-put-your-rock-n-roll-into_3095496.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you want to put your rock 'n' roll into mythology, [A Period of Transition] is from the Daddy Cool school.” — Van Morrison", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If my heart could do my thinking, would my brain begin to feel?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Van Morrison" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/if-my-heart-could-do-my-thinking-would-my-brain-begin-to-feel/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4a/van-morrison-1192_brain_if-my-heart-could-do-my-thinking-would-m_389911.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4a/van-morrison-1192_brain_if-my-heart-could-do-my-thinking-would-m_389911.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4a/van-morrison-1192_brain_if-my-heart-could-do-my-thinking-would-m_389911.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If my heart could do my thinking, would my brain begin to feel?” — Van Morrison", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you live the life you love, you get the blessing from above.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Van Morrison" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/if-you-live-the-life-you-love-you-get-the-blessing-from-above/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ec/van-morrison-1192_adages_if-you-live-the-life-you-love-you-get-th_965755.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ec/van-morrison-1192_adages_if-you-live-the-life-you-love-you-get-th_965755.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ec/van-morrison-1192_adages_if-you-live-the-life-you-love-you-get-th_965755.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you live the life you love, you get the blessing from above.” — Van Morrison", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you never hear from me that just means I would rather not.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Van Morrison" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/if-you-never-hear-from-me-that-just-means-i-would-rather-not/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a78/van-morrison-1192_funny_if-you-never-hear-from-me-that-just-mean_2737767.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a78/van-morrison-1192_funny_if-you-never-hear-from-me-that-just-mean_2737767.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a78/van-morrison-1192_funny_if-you-never-hear-from-me-that-just-mean_2737767.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you never hear from me that just means I would rather not.” — Van Morrison", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Don't lose the wonder in your eyes It's right there when you smile... 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