I never paid attention to what was contemporary or what was commercial, it didn't mean anything to me. — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I don't like to condemn people because what that means is that you're only condemning yourself about a part of you that… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
[Being alcoholic] you're either too high or you're too low. I mean, I was always looking for the bell to ring. I… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
We're [with Robbie Robertson ] jazz musicians. The context may be rock 'n' roll but it's still jazz. It's jazz and that… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
There aren't any labels - all jazz means is improvization and you can never play a tune the same way twice. So… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
My bag is approaching something and taking it to another place. Like words-you take a word and by the time you've finished… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
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… — 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
Somebody's going to hear a song that will key in a nerve or something in their experience that represents their own vision.… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
[The music is about ] for the purpose of getting people to an excitement level. They feel something, they feel emotions. They're… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
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… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I'd much prefer to hear somebody like Ed Thigpen [drummer with New York session group Stuff, and featured on innumerable hits] take… — 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
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