--- title: "13 Mean Quotes By Van Morrison" description: "13 Mean quotes by Van Morrison. Plus more from Van Morrison and more Mean sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/van-morrison-1192_attention_i-never-paid-attention-to-what-was-conte_2733787.jpg" --- > [I never paid attention to what was contemporary or what was commercial, it didn't mean anything to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-never-paid-attention-to-what-was-contemporary-or-what-was/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/van-morrison-1192_attention_i-never-paid-attention-to-what-was-conte_2733787.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) > [I don't like to condemn people because what that means is that you're only condemning yourself about a part of you that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-don-t-like-to-condemn-people-because-what-that-means-is-that-you-re/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bf/van-morrison-1192_condemning_i-don-t-like-to-condemn-people-because-w_1097418.jpg) > [ \[Being alcoholic\] you're either too high or you're too low. I mean, I was always looking for the bell to ring. I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/being-alcoholic-you-re-either-too-high-or-you-re-too-low-i-mean-i-was/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/147/van-morrison-1192_alcoholic_being-alcoholic-you-re-either-too-high-o_2360257.jpg) > [ We're \[with Robbie Robertson \] jazz musicians. The context may be rock 'n' roll but it's still jazz. It's jazz and that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/we-re-with-robbie-robertson-jazz-musicians-the-context-may-be-rock-n/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/978/van-morrison-1192_feels_we-re-with-robbie-robertson-jazz-musicia_376618.jpg) > [There aren't any labels - all jazz means is improvization and you can never play a tune the same way twice. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/there-aren-t-any-labels-all-jazz-means-is-improvization-and-you-can/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62b/van-morrison-1192_jazz_there-aren-t-any-labels-all-jazz-means-i_2347938.jpg) > [My bag is approaching something and taking it to another place. Like words-you take a word and by the time you've finished…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/my-bag-is-approaching-something-and-taking-it-to-another-place-like/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/004/van-morrison-1192_bags_my-bag-is-approaching-something-and-taki_211897.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 wrote a couple of songs that had gypsy references in them. The only reason it happened was because that's what was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-wrote-a-couple-of-songs-that-had-gypsy-references-in-them-the-only/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a43/van-morrison-1192_couple_i-wrote-a-couple-of-songs-that-had-gypsy_1861056.jpg) > [Somebody's going to hear a song that will key in a nerve or something in their experience that represents their own vision.…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db5/van-morrison-1192_different_somebody-s-going-to-hear-a-song-that-wil_8383.jpg) > [ \[The music is about \] for the purpose of getting people to an excitement level. They feel something, they feel emotions. They're… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/the-music-is-about-for-the-purpose-of-getting-people-to-an-excitement/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/276/van-morrison-1192_concerts_the-music-is-about-for-the-purpose-of-ge_1965514.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) > [ I'd much prefer to hear somebody like Ed Thigpen \[drummer with New York session group Stuff, and featured on innumerable hits\] take… ](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a21/van-morrison-1192_aspect_i-d-much-prefer-to-hear-somebody-like-ed_71729.jpg) ## Other authors on Mean ## 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/mean/van-morrison/#itemlist", "name": "13 Mean Quotes By Van Morrison", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I never paid attention to what was contemporary or what was commercial, it didn't mean anything to me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Van Morrison" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-never-paid-attention-to-what-was-contemporary-or-what-was/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/van-morrison-1192_attention_i-never-paid-attention-to-what-was-conte_2733787.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/van-morrison-1192_attention_i-never-paid-attention-to-what-was-conte_2733787.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/van-morrison-1192_attention_i-never-paid-attention-to-what-was-conte_2733787.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I never paid attention to what was contemporary or what was commercial, it didn't mean anything to me.” — Van Morrison", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "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": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't like to condemn people because what that means is that you're only condemning yourself about a part of you that you can't stand.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Van Morrison" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-don-t-like-to-condemn-people-because-what-that-means-is-that-you-re/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bf/van-morrison-1192_condemning_i-don-t-like-to-condemn-people-because-w_1097418.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bf/van-morrison-1192_condemning_i-don-t-like-to-condemn-people-because-w_1097418.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bf/van-morrison-1192_condemning_i-don-t-like-to-condemn-people-because-w_1097418.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't like to condemn people because what that means is that you're only condemning yourself about a part…” — Van Morrison", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[Being alcoholic] you're either too high or you're too low. 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