--- title: "16 Kind Quotes By Van Morrison" description: "16 Kind quotes by Van Morrison. Plus more from Van Morrison and more Kind sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d8/van-morrison-1192_happenings_you-got-to-make-it-through-the-world-it_2547740.jpg" --- > [ \[You Got To Make It Through The World\] it's kind of a survival song. Survival is what's happening and it's basically a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/you-got-to-make-it-through-the-world-it-s-kind-of-a-survival-song/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d8/van-morrison-1192_happenings_you-got-to-make-it-through-the-world-it_2547740.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/427/van-morrison-1192_audience_you-learn-to-read-the-audiences-after-a_95035.jpg) > [Jackie Wilson said it was Reet-Petite, kind of love you got knock me off my feet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/jackie-wilson-said-it-was-reet-petite-kind-of-love-you-got-knock-me/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f2/van-morrison-1192_feet_jackie-wilson-said-it-was-reet-petite-ki_452479.jpg) > [I felt kind of bored at the prospect of writing some more of my own songs because I really wasn't saying what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-felt-kind-of-bored-at-the-prospect-of-writing-some-more-of-my-own/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b5/van-morrison-1192_bored_i-felt-kind-of-bored-at-the-prospect-of_1202957.jpg) > [There's novel reading, and then there's the other kind of reading. Take somebody like Carl Jung, the psychiatrist - now there's somebody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/there-s-novel-reading-and-then-there-s-the-other-kind-of-reading-take/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49a/van-morrison-1192_books_there-s-novel-reading-and-then-there-s-t_498223.jpg) > [Jazz was always cool. That was what I liked about jazz - it was always cool. Now I see the cats that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/jazz-was-always-cool-that-was-what-i-liked-about-jazz-it-was-always/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/137/van-morrison-1192_cat_jazz-was-always-cool-that-was-what-i-lik_1423298.jpg) > [I don't like to wonder about it-I just like to do it. That's what I mean about the image stuff and all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-don-t-like-to-wonder-about-it-i-just-like-to-do-it-that-s-what-i/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0dc/van-morrison-1192_doe_i-don-t-like-to-wonder-about-it-i-just-l_341767.jpg) > [ I like \[George\] Benson because I just like it. I like that kind of style. I don't like the broken up kind… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-like-george-benson-because-i-just-like-it-i-like-that-kind-of-style/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/520/van-morrison-1192_bars_i-like-george-benson-because-i-just-like_2819851.jpg) > [The Eternal Kansas City song came from a dream sequence. It was actually kind of weird. I had this dream about a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/the-eternal-kansas-city-song-came-from-a-dream-sequence-it-was/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/139/van-morrison-1192_britain_the-eternal-kansas-city-song-came-from-a_478573.jpg) > [There's a million things that come through when you put songs together and it's kind of difficult to pinpoint exactly what triggers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/there-s-a-million-things-that-come-through-when-you-put-songs/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67c/van-morrison-1192_difficult_there-s-a-million-things-that-come-throu_1344448.jpg) > [The whole trip that happened in the late 60s and 70s was kind of a throwback to a lot of folk styles.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/the-whole-trip-that-happened-in-the-late-60s-and-70s-was-kind-of-a/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d31/van-morrison-1192_causes_the-whole-trip-that-happened-in-the-late_1185617.jpg) > [There's quite a few people getting into that - new acts coming along that are using a lot of stuff that happened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/there-s-quite-a-few-people-getting-into-that-new-acts-coming-along/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d3/van-morrison-1192_gone_there-s-quite-a-few-people-getting-into_190003.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) > [I was like one of those newspapers, those periodicals. There's all different kinds of alcoholics. There's the everyday kind: that's the consistent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-was-like-one-of-those-newspapers-those-periodicals-there-s-all/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/148/van-morrison-1192_alcohol_i-was-like-one-of-those-newspapers-those_411884.jpg) > [Heavy Connection is just basically about psychic stuff...it's kind of about connections that you're not normally making. It's like a fate number…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/heavy-connection-is-just-basically-about-psychic-stuff-it-s-kind-of/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a6/van-morrison-1192_connection_heavy-connection-is-just-basically-about_593387.jpg) > [There was a conflict - the actual putting together of the reality of the situation didn't seem to gel. I'd been doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/there-was-a-conflict-the-actual-putting-together-of-the-reality-of/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/593/van-morrison-1192_ballads_there-was-a-conflict-the-actual-putting_648959.jpg) ## Other authors on Kind ## 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/kind/van-morrison/#itemlist", "name": "16 Kind Quotes By Van Morrison", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[You Got To Make It Through The World] it's kind of a survival song. 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