--- title: "21 Way Quotes By Van Morrison" description: "21 Way quotes by Van Morrison. Plus more from Van Morrison and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f1/van-morrison-1192_jazz_the-way-i-was-singing-the-songs-was-jazz_1350923.jpg" --- > [The way I was singing the songs was jazz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/the-way-i-was-singing-the-songs-was-jazz/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f1/van-morrison-1192_jazz_the-way-i-was-singing-the-songs-was-jazz_1350923.jpg) > [Enlightenment, don't know what it is. It's up to you, the way you think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/enlightenment-don-t-know-what-it-is-it-s-up-to-you-the-way-you-think/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b9/van-morrison-1192_buddhism_enlightenment-don-t-know-what-it-is-it-s_513992.jpg) > [I learnt from Armstrong on the early recordings that you never sang a song the same way twice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-learnt-from-armstrong-on-the-early-recordings-that-you-never-sang-a/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38b/van-morrison-1192_armstrong_i-learnt-from-armstrong-on-the-early-rec_3034511.jpg) > [The theory is that you don't play a song the same way twice because it's jazz. That's where I'm coming from.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/the-theory-is-that-you-don-t-play-a-song-the-same-way-twice-because/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cce/van-morrison-1192_jazz_the-theory-is-that-you-don-t-play-a-song_902754.jpg) > [And I want to rock your gypsy soul Just like way back in the days of old And magnificently we will fold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/and-i-want-to-rock-your-gypsy-soul-just-like-way-back-in-the-days-of/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a16/van-morrison-1192_gypsy_and-i-want-to-rock-your-gypsy-soul-just_2910923.jpg) > [Way across the country where the hillside mountains glide, the dynamo of your smile caressed the barefoot virgin child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/way-across-the-country-where-the-hillside-mountains-glide-the-dynamo/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11c/van-morrison-1192_barefoot_way-across-the-country-where-the-hillsid_2378737.jpg) > [I haven't really heard much that's impressed me the way it was when I first heard Ray Charles or somebody like that.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-haven-t-really-heard-much-that-s-impressed-me-the-way-it-was-when-i/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a16/van-morrison-1192_firsts_i-haven-t-really-heard-much-that-s-impre_2562292.jpg) > [Way over on the railroad, Tomorrow all the tipping trucks will unload together, Every scrapbook stuck with glue, And I'll stand beside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/way-over-on-the-railroad-tomorrow-all-the-tipping-trucks-will-unload/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a32/van-morrison-1192_beside-you_way-over-on-the-railroad-tomorrow-all-th_2261456.jpg) > [There aren't any labels - all jazz means is improvization and you can never play a tune the same way twice. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/there-aren-t-any-labels-all-jazz-means-is-improvization-and-you-can/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62b/van-morrison-1192_jazz_there-aren-t-any-labels-all-jazz-means-i_2347938.jpg) > [You can't stay the same. If you're a musician and a singer, you have to change, that's the way it works.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/you-can-t-stay-the-same-if-you-re-a-musician-and-a-singer-you-have-to/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d3/van-morrison-1192_change_you-can-t-stay-the-same-if-you-re-a-musi_2986479.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're \[with Robbie Robertson \] jazz musicians. The context may be rock 'n' roll but it's still jazz. It's jazz and that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/we-re-with-robbie-robertson-jazz-musicians-the-context-may-be-rock-n/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/978/van-morrison-1192_feels_we-re-with-robbie-robertson-jazz-musicia_376618.jpg) > [Do you remember the time darlin' when everything made more sense in the world? Oh I remember, I remember... when life made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/do-you-remember-the-time-darlin-when-everything-made-more-sense-in/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/467/van-morrison-1192_christian-inspiratio_do-you-remember-the-time-darlin-when-eve_2258548.jpg) > [Well I've got to get out of the rat-race now I'm tired of the ways of mice and men And the empires…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/well-i-ve-got-to-get-out-of-the-rat-race-now-i-m-tired-of-the-ways-of/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f01/van-morrison-1192_clouds_well-i-ve-got-to-get-out-of-the-rat-race_1559314.jpg) > [Jazz goes into folk music, into rock music. Jazz is in practically everything except classical music where they're reading the same music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/jazz-goes-into-folk-music-into-rock-music-jazz-is-in-practically/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/758/van-morrison-1192_classical-music_jazz-goes-into-folk-music-into-rock-musi_2843325.jpg) > [I think when you get past your second album, it all becomes something of a routine. So you have to struggle against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/i-think-when-you-get-past-your-second-album-it-all-becomes-something/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/van-morrison-1192_against_i-think-when-you-get-past-your-second-al_2018691.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) > [When all the dark clouds roll away And the sun begins to shine I see my freedom from across the way And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/when-all-the-dark-clouds-roll-away-and-the-sun-begins-to-shine-i-see/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c8/van-morrison-1192_clouds_when-all-the-dark-clouds-roll-away-and-t_1590142.jpg) > [ \[Rock 'n' roll\] is still a primitive form and there's no way you can get away from that. It's one of the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/rock-n-roll-is-still-a-primitive-form-and-there-s-no-way-you-can-get/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e4/van-morrison-1192_art_rock-n-roll-is-still-a-primitive-form-an_465023.jpg) > [Won't You guide me through the dark night of the soul That I may better understand Your way... Let me purify my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/won-t-you-guide-me-through-the-dark-night-of-the-soul-that-i-may/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/277/van-morrison-1192_christian_won-t-you-guide-me-through-the-dark-nigh_1563069.jpg) > [Let go into the mystery. Let yourself go. And when you open up your heart, you get everything you need. Baby there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/let-go-into-the-mystery-let-yourself-go-and-when-you-open-up-your/) [Van Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-morrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfa/van-morrison-1192_baby_let-go-into-the-mystery-let-yourself-go_204892.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## 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/way/van-morrison/#itemlist", "name": "21 Way Quotes By Van Morrison", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The way I was singing the songs was jazz", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Van Morrison" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-morrison/the-way-i-was-singing-the-songs-was-jazz/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f1/van-morrison-1192_jazz_the-way-i-was-singing-the-songs-was-jazz_1350923.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f1/van-morrison-1192_jazz_the-way-i-was-singing-the-songs-was-jazz_1350923.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f1/van-morrison-1192_jazz_the-way-i-was-singing-the-songs-was-jazz_1350923.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The way I was singing the songs was jazz” — Van Morrison", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Enlightenment, don't know what it is. 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