--- title: "16 Records Quotes By Van Morrison" description: "16 Records quotes by Van Morrison. Plus more from Van Morrison and more Records sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61f/van-morrison-1192_labels_the-media-is-going-to-stick-a-label-on-r_1274080.jpg" --- > [The media is going to stick a label on records. And the public is going to pick it up from that. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/the-media-is-going-to-stick-a-label-on-records-and-the-public-is/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61f/van-morrison-1192_labels_the-media-is-going-to-stick-a-label-on-r_1274080.jpg) > [I write songs. Then I record them. And later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-write-songs-then-i-record-them-and-later-maybe-i-perform-them-on-2/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24d/van-morrison-1192_jobs_i-write-songs-then-i-record-them-and-lat_1900014.jpg) > [ Performing was the natural thing originally and the rest of it \[records and so on\] is just like offshoots of that. That's… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/performing-was-the-natural-thing-originally-and-the-rest-of-it/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca7/van-morrison-1192_natural_performing-was-the-natural-thing-origina_603790.jpg) > [I'd found that what I wrote and put out on records somehow was not fitting into how I perform on stage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-d-found-that-what-i-wrote-and-put-out-on-records-somehow-was-not/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/999/van-morrison-1192_fitting_i-d-found-that-what-i-wrote-and-put-out_628634.jpg) > [I always record far more than I can use. There's probably twice as much recorded as comes out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-always-record-far-more-than-i-can-use-there-s-probably-twice-as/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c55/van-morrison-1192_i-can_i-always-record-far-more-than-i-can-use_1156777.jpg) > [I put out records to this day that are not necessarily in a sequence of anything. Some could be written a while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-put-out-records-to-this-day-that-are-not-necessarily-in-a-sequence/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93a/van-morrison-1192_anything_i-put-out-records-to-this-day-that-are-n_3229269.jpg) > [My records do not require a lot of thought of 'What is this?' and 'What is that?' That would be too contrived…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/my-records-do-not-require-a-lot-of-thought-of-what-is-this-and-what/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2eb/van-morrison-1192_contrived_my-records-do-not-require-a-lot-of-thoug_2549435.jpg) > [I have to accept the fact that I was putting out records that reviewers were going to get an image from.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-have-to-accept-the-fact-that-i-was-putting-out-records-that/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fc/van-morrison-1192_accepting_i-have-to-accept-the-fact-that-i-was-put_2279366.jpg) > [ What was happening with me, with the album \[A Period of Transition\], with the people who took the pictures, the record company,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/what-was-happening-with-me-with-the-album-a-period-of-transition-with/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/796/van-morrison-1192_albums_what-was-happening-with-me-with-the-albu_2141392.jpg) > [In the media, a reviewer has his personal vision but it's passed along to a million readers or whatever. He might think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/in-the-media-a-reviewer-has-his-personal-vision-but-it-s-passed-along/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b8/van-morrison-1192_artist_in-the-media-a-reviewer-has-his-personal_1402385.jpg) > [We might think that we're really intellectual and we're going to check out the library to research the meaning every time somebody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/we-might-think-that-we-re-really-intellectual-and-we-re-going-to/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45f/van-morrison-1192_checks_we-might-think-that-we-re-really-intelle_2771055.jpg) > [I'd come to the point where I wasn't really putting out creatively. I didn't seem to have anything to say in that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-d-come-to-the-point-where-i-wasn-t-really-putting-out-creatively-i/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73d/van-morrison-1192_creatively_i-d-come-to-the-point-where-i-wasn-t-rea_2777106.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) > [There's no man alive who has any answers. We all know that. It's like the guru trip. All a guru can do…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1dc/van-morrison-1192_about-yourself_there-s-no-man-alive-who-has-any-answers_156570.jpg) > [I write songs. Then I record them. And later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-write-songs-then-i-record-them-and-later-maybe-i-perform-them-on/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ead/van-morrison-1192_being-famous_i-write-songs-then-i-record-them-and-lat_1293925.jpg) > [ That song \[You Got To Make It Through The World\] came from a vibe I picked up from an old blues singer… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/that-song-you-got-to-make-it-through-the-world-came-from-a-vibe-i/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f99/van-morrison-1192_bootlegging_that-song-you-got-to-make-it-through-the_1193292.jpg) ## Other authors on Records ## 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/records/van-morrison/#itemlist", "name": "16 Records Quotes By Van Morrison", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The media is going to stick a label on records. And the public is going to pick it up from that. 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