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Van Morrison
Van Morrison
British Musician
Born: Aug 31, 1945
Life Me Music Out Think You
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There's always got to be a struggle. What else is there? That's what life is made of. I don't know anything else. If there is, tell me about it. Van Morrison
Life Me Struggle Made Else Tell About Know Always Got Anything Anything Else
In order to win you must be prepared to lose sometime. And leave one or two cards showing. Van Morrison
You Win Lose One Or Two Must Be Prepared Sometime Leave Order Showing Prepared Cards Two
There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles. Van Morrison
Life Situation Part Highs Lows
The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on. Van Morrison
You Jazz Something Point Go Then
I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across. Van Morrison
Seem Singer Rock Get Want Not Interested Interested Across
If it's what you do and you can do it, then you do it. Van Morrison
You You Can Do It Then
The future is keeping you out of the present time. Van Morrison
Future Time You Out Keeping Present Present Time
The first piece of music that captured my imagination was probably Ray Charles Live At Newport. Van Morrison
Music First Live Imagination Charles Ray Ray Charles Piece Captured
Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag. Van Morrison
Me Complete Extremely Disappointing Became Still Being Famous Being Famous Drag
For a long time, I couldn't actually deal with playing concerts; it was a totally alien concept to me, 'cause I was used to playing in clubs and dance halls. Van Morrison
Time Me Cause Dance Alien Long Long Time Totally Concept Concerts Deal Halls Clubs Used Actually Playing
When I started studying tenor saxophone as a kid in Belfast, I did so with a guy named George Cassidy, who was also a big inspiration. Van Morrison
Big Saxophone Kid Guy Inspiration Tenor Studying Named Also George Did Who Belfast Started
Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat. Van Morrison
Music Folk Folk Music Attached Beat Name American Essence
My ambition when I started out was to play two or three gigs a week. And that's what I'm doing. Van Morrison
Three Ambition Out Gigs Week Doing Play Started Two
I'd love to live in Ireland but I'd like to live as me, not what someone thinks I am. People don't understand - I lived there before I was famous. Van Morrison
Love Me People Before Live Someone Like Understand Am Ireland Famous Lived Thinks
I understood jazz, I understood how it worked. That's what I apply to everything. Van Morrison
Jazz Everything How Understood Worked Apply
I learnt from Armstrong on the early recordings that you never sang a song the same way twice. Van Morrison
You Song Way Recordings Never Armstrong Learnt Same Sang Twice Early
I don't think nostalgia has to be negative. Van Morrison
Negative Think Nostalgia
I always record far more than I can use. There's probably twice as much recorded as comes out. Van Morrison
Out Record Recorded More Always Than Far Much Use Twice
A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm famous. I'm not famous to me. Famous is a perception. Van Morrison
Morning Me Perception Think Up Person Get Famous Famous Person Themselves
I don't feel comfortable doing interviews. My profession is music, and writing songs. That's what I do. I like to do it, but I hate to talk about it. Van Morrison
Music Hate Writing Interviews About Songs Feel Like Talk Comfortable Doing Profession
Singing is my profession - there is no plan B. Van Morrison
Singing Plan Profession
I put out records to this day that are not necessarily in a sequence of anything. Some could be written a while back, some not. There is no set pattern. Van Morrison
Day Back Out Some Records Could Written Put Anything While Pattern Sequence Necessarily Set
My records do not require a lot of thought of 'What is this?' and 'What is that?' That would be too contrived for me. Van Morrison
Me Thought Too Would Would-Be Records Lot Contrived Require
I deliberately try not to cater for the commercial market, so I can't see myself in competition, you know, with second or third generation rock stars. Van Morrison
Myself You Generation Competition Try Stars Market See Deliberately Cater Know Rock Rock Stars Commercial Second Third

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