Music Quotes by Van Morrison
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Jazz improvisation is the core of Morrison’s thoughts. He talks about old rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and ballads as the music that first moved him. He also mentions that a song’s arrangement and depth matter, and that a singer and a song can be felt separately.
![“[Jazz musicians] couldn't cut rock. I had to be more limited and specific about what I was doing.” quote by Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/008/van-morrison-1192_cutting_jazz-musicians-couldn-t-cut-rock-i-had-t_1960700.jpg)
![“[Rock 'n' roll] music started out with some cat banging a log with a couple of pieces of stick. He sent a message across a river and although the cat on the other side receiving the message didn't know the exact words, he did understand basically something about what was being communicated.” quote by Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c18/van-morrison-1192_banging_rock-n-roll-music-started-out-with-some_3120452.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 means improvization...you play a tune the way it feels and you play it differently every time. It can never be the same.” quote by Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/978/van-morrison-1192_feels_we-re-with-robbie-robertson-jazz-musicia_376618.jpg)
![“[The music is about ] for the purpose of getting people to an excitement level. They feel something, they feel emotions. They're going to go home after that concert and remember it.Maybe they got something out of the experience rather than intellectualizing about what songs mean which is the whole…” quote by Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/276/van-morrison-1192_concerts_the-music-is-about-for-the-purpose-of-ge_1965514.jpg)
