Van Morrison Quotes

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

Famous Famous Person Get Me Morning Perception Person Themselves Think Up

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As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music.

~ Van Morrison

Became Developing Me Music Musician Platform Playing Start

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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

Became Being Being Famous Complete Disappointing Drag Extremely Famous Me Still

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Even today, skiffle is a defining part of my music. If I get the opportunity to just have a jam, skiffle is what I love to play.

~ Van Morrison

Defining Even Get I Love Jam Just Love Music Opportunity Part Play Today

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Every performance is different. That's the beauty of it.

~ Van Morrison

Beauty Different Every Performance

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Hearing the blues changed my life.

~ Van Morrison

Blues Changed Hearing Life My Life

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I always record far more than I can use. There's probably twice as much recorded as comes out.

~ Van Morrison

Always Far I Can More Much Out Record Recorded Than Twice Use

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I do see value in music criticism. Most of the criticism I have received over the years has been very good.

~ Van Morrison

Been Criticism Good Has-Been Most Music Over Received See Value Very Years

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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

About Comfortable Doing Feel Hate Interviews Like Music Profession Songs Talk Writing

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I don't think nostalgia has to be negative.

~ Van Morrison

Negative Nostalgia Think

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I educated myself. To me, school was boring.

~ Van Morrison

Boring Educated Me Myself School

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I just need somewhere to dump all my negativity.

~ Van Morrison

Dump Just Need Negativity Somewhere

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I learnt from Armstrong on the early recordings that you never sang a song the same way twice.

~ Van Morrison

Armstrong Early Learnt Never Recordings Same Sang Song Twice Way You

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I never bought the commercial thing, at any stage of the game.

~ Van Morrison

Any Bought Commercial Game Never Stage Thing

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I never paid attention to what was contemporary or what was commercial, it didn't mean anything to me.

~ Van Morrison

Anything Attention Commercial Contemporary Me Mean Never Paid

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I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there before that.

~ Van Morrison

Before Certainly Created I Think Industry Irish Music Music Industry Paul Think U2

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I understood jazz, I understood how it worked. That's what I apply to everything.

~ Van Morrison

Apply Everything How Jazz Understood Worked

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I went back to Belfast and started a club, the Maritime. No one had thought about doing a blues club, so I was the first.

~ Van Morrison

About Back Belfast Blues Club Doing First Had Maritime No-One Started Thought

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I write songs. Then, I record them. And, later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job. Simple.

~ Van Morrison

I Write Job Later Maybe Perform Record Simple Songs Stage Them Then Write

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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

Am Before Famous I Am Ireland Like Live Lived Love Me People Someone Thinks Understand

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