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Van Morrison Quotes
Van Morrison Quotes
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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