--- title: "18 Stuff Quotes By Van Morrison" description: "18 Stuff quotes by Van Morrison. Plus more from Van Morrison and more Stuff sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0b/van-morrison-1192_different_you-take-stuff-from-different-places-and_2689002.jpg" --- > [You take stuff from different places, and sometimes you stick a line in because it rhymes, not because it makes sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/you-take-stuff-from-different-places-and-sometimes-you-stick-a-line/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0b/van-morrison-1192_different_you-take-stuff-from-different-places-and_2689002.jpg) > [I have some intellectual-type pursuits, like studying philosophy and stuff like that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-have-some-intellectual-type-pursuits-like-studying-philosophy-and/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6f/van-morrison-1192_education_i-have-some-intellectual-type-pursuits-l_2278396.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bf/van-morrison-1192_astral_i-didn-t-know-what-some-of-the-stuff-on_108923.jpg) > [That's the jazz that I like - the stuff that has a soothing effect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/that-s-the-jazz-that-i-like-the-stuff-that-has-a-soothing-effect/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3d/van-morrison-1192_effects_that-s-the-jazz-that-i-like-the-stuff-th_1882725.jpg) > [It's real difficult to pin down directions. I just want to do collaboration-tape stuff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/it-s-real-difficult-to-pin-down-directions-i-just-want-to-do/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e8/van-morrison-1192_collaboration_it-s-real-difficult-to-pin-down-directio_997954.jpg) > [There's a lot of sub-conscious stuff you may write but you don't then suddenly sit down and take out your analytical books…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/there-s-a-lot-of-sub-conscious-stuff-you-may-write-but-you-don-t-then/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/922/van-morrison-1192_book_there-s-a-lot-of-sub-conscious-stuff-you_1673419.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) > [There's quite a few people getting into that - new acts coming along that are using a lot of stuff that happened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/there-s-quite-a-few-people-getting-into-that-new-acts-coming-along/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d3/van-morrison-1192_gone_there-s-quite-a-few-people-getting-into_190003.jpg) > [The fact I wasn't getting off made me realize that I really had to take a hard look at it and at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/the-fact-i-wasn-t-getting-off-made-me-realize-that-i-really-had-to/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13a/van-morrison-1192_ballads_the-fact-i-wasn-t-getting-off-made-me-re_1711982.jpg) > [What excited me when I first came into it was the performing aspect and doing blues-oriented material, rock/blues oriented stuff, basic stuff,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/what-excited-me-when-i-first-came-into-it-was-the-performing-aspect/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af9/van-morrison-1192_aspect_what-excited-me-when-i-first-came-into-i_1150941.jpg) > [Heavy Connection is just basically about psychic stuff...it's kind of about connections that you're not normally making. It's like a fate number…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/heavy-connection-is-just-basically-about-psychic-stuff-it-s-kind-of/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a6/van-morrison-1192_connection_heavy-connection-is-just-basically-about_593387.jpg) > [I think that there are quite a few acts which have stayed with the basic feelings and that's good. And I see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-think-that-there-are-quite-a-few-acts-which-have-stayed-with-the/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a44/van-morrison-1192_copying_i-think-that-there-are-quite-a-few-acts_1578119.jpg) > [What I don't like is taking it to extremes and making all these intellectualizations about what basically is simple music. It's simple…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/what-i-don-t-like-is-taking-it-to-extremes-and-making-all-these/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b4/van-morrison-1192_consciousness_what-i-don-t-like-is-taking-it-to-extrem_2824579.jpg) > [Some thoughts went through my head about recording some stuff that had influenced me earlier in my career like blues and early…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/some-thoughts-went-through-my-head-about-recording-some-stuff-that/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d94/van-morrison-1192_careers_some-thoughts-went-through-my-head-about_1128010.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) > [The music I really like to get off on is the old rhythm 'n' blues and rock 'n' roll stuff... that's what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/the-music-i-really-like-to-get-off-on-is-the-old-rhythm-n-blues-and/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/242/van-morrison-1192_ballads_the-music-i-really-like-to-get-off-on-is_353227.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) > [ 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 Stuff ## 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/stuff/van-morrison/#itemlist", "name": "18 Stuff Quotes By Van Morrison", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You take stuff from different places, and sometimes you stick a line in because it rhymes, not because it makes sense.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Van Morrison" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/you-take-stuff-from-different-places-and-sometimes-you-stick-a-line/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0b/van-morrison-1192_different_you-take-stuff-from-different-places-and_2689002.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0b/van-morrison-1192_different_you-take-stuff-from-different-places-and_2689002.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0b/van-morrison-1192_different_you-take-stuff-from-different-places-and_2689002.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You take stuff from different places, and sometimes you stick a line in because it rhymes, not because it…” — Van Morrison", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have some intellectual-type pursuits, like studying philosophy and stuff like that.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Van Morrison" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-have-some-intellectual-type-pursuits-like-studying-philosophy-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6f/van-morrison-1192_education_i-have-some-intellectual-type-pursuits-l_2278396.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6f/van-morrison-1192_education_i-have-some-intellectual-type-pursuits-l_2278396.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6f/van-morrison-1192_education_i-have-some-intellectual-type-pursuits-l_2278396.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I have some intellectual-type pursuits, like studying philosophy and stuff like that.” — Van Morrison", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I didn't know what some of the stuff on Astral Weeks was about until years later.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Van Morrison" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-didn-t-know-what-some-of-the-stuff-on-astral-weeks-was-about-until/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bf/van-morrison-1192_astral_i-didn-t-know-what-some-of-the-stuff-on_108923.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bf/van-morrison-1192_astral_i-didn-t-know-what-some-of-the-stuff-on_108923.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bf/van-morrison-1192_astral_i-didn-t-know-what-some-of-the-stuff-on_108923.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I didn't know what some of the stuff on Astral Weeks was about until years later.” — Van Morrison", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "That's the jazz that I like - the stuff that has a soothing effect.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Van Morrison" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/that-s-the-jazz-that-i-like-the-stuff-that-has-a-soothing-effect/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3d/van-morrison-1192_effects_that-s-the-jazz-that-i-like-the-stuff-th_1882725.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3d/van-morrison-1192_effects_that-s-the-jazz-that-i-like-the-stuff-th_1882725.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3d/van-morrison-1192_effects_that-s-the-jazz-that-i-like-the-stuff-th_1882725.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“That's the jazz that I like - the stuff that has a soothing effect.” — Van Morrison", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's real difficult to pin down directions. 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