Van Morrison Quotes Quotes

You can't stay the same. If you're a musician and a singer, you have to change, that's the way it works.
You take stuff from different places, and sometimes you stick a line in because it rhymes, not because it makes sense.
You've got to separate the singer and the songs.
A lot of people who were writing when I came through originally as a singer-songwriter have disappeared.
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.
I am about the arrangements and the layers of depth in the music.
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.
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.
I think when you get past your second album, it all becomes something of a routine. So you have to struggle against that, find a way of making what you do sound fresh and new each time.
My records do not require a lot of thought of 'What is this?' and 'What is that?' That would be too contrived for me.
My thinking musically has always been more advanced - it is difficult to get it down onto paper sometimes, even now.
Singing is my profession - there is no plan B.
You learn to read the audiences after a while, and there are all different kinds of gigs.
«first‹previous123
Total Records : 53

Related Books

Author Profile

Votes :
Rating :
AuthorName
Van Morrison
Profession
Musician
BirthDate
31 August, 1945
View Profile

Share to your friends..

Related Author

Acker Bilk Adam Ant Adam Faith Adele Adrian Smith Alan Parsons Alesha Dixon Alex Clare Alex Turner Alexis Korner Alison Goldfrapp Alison Moyet Alvin Lee Amy Winehouse Andrew Eldritch Andy Rourke Andy Summers Andy Taylor Anne-Marie Anohni
view more

Popular Topics

Attitude Death Inspirational Life Love Motivational Nature Positive