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title: "2 Started Drinking Quotes By Van Morrison"
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> [When I first started drinking, it was working for me. It was great. Like when you're doing a gig and you're in a band and you're in the truck and there's nothing to do in the truck and the gigs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/when-i-first-started-drinking-it-was-working-for-me-it-was-great-like/)

[Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/)

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> [When I first started drinking, everybody was doing it. That was before they discovered marijuana and all that. It was the late 50s, early 60s - it was the beginnings of the rock 'n' roll era. The main drink was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/when-i-first-started-drinking-everybody-was-doing-it-that-was-before/)

[Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/)

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## 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/)

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