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title: "11 Trying Quotes By Van Morrison"
description: "11 Trying quotes by Van Morrison. Plus more from Van Morrison and more Trying sayings from other authors."
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> [ I just wanted to stop and try to get some perspective. \[ A Period of Transition\] it was just a matter of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-just-wanted-to-stop-and-try-to-get-some-perspective-a-period-of/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf6/van-morrison-1192_matter_i-just-wanted-to-stop-and-try-to-get-som_2063339.jpg)

> [When you perform live, it's a different trip - it's different energy. I just felt a conflict between both of the trips.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/when-you-perform-live-it-s-a-different-trip-it-s-different-energy-i/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bb/van-morrison-1192_conflict_when-you-perform-live-it-s-a-different-t_1120025.jpg)

> [I deliberately try not to cater for the commercial market, so I can't see myself in competition, you know, with second or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-deliberately-try-not-to-cater-for-the-commercial-market-so-i-can-t/)

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

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> [I wanted to find out why I wasn't getting off on what I was doing and try and make some sense out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-wanted-to-find-out-why-i-wasn-t-getting-off-on-what-i-was-doing-and/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae2/van-morrison-1192_biology_i-wanted-to-find-out-why-i-wasn-t-gettin_1645269.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)

> [Well, it's a marvelous night for a Moondance With the stars up above in your eyes... And I'm trying to please to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/well-it-s-a-marvelous-night-for-a-moondance-with-the-stars-up-above/)

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

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> [Joyous Sound evolved from a gospel influence. Actually it evolved out of sitting at a piano and just picking out a riff,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/joyous-sound-evolved-from-a-gospel-influence-actually-it-evolved-out/)

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

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> [I thought of collaborating with other people which still might happen at this point. It might not. I was just trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-thought-of-collaborating-with-other-people-which-still-might-happen/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da6/van-morrison-1192_break_i-thought-of-collaborating-with-other-pe_1478307.jpg)

> [Music to me is spontaneous, writing is spontaneous and it's all based on not trying to do it. From beginning to end,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/music-to-me-is-spontaneous-writing-is-spontaneous-and-it-s-all-based/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec7/van-morrison-1192_chords_music-to-me-is-spontaneous-writing-is-sp_2321013.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/)

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> [Then it evolved into more of a ballad style singer/songwriter thing. And there was a conflict in trying to merge the two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/then-it-evolved-into-more-of-a-ballad-style-singer-songwriter-thing/)

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

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## Other authors on Trying

## 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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