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Facts about Van Morrison

Occup.Musician
FromUnited Kingdom
BornAugust 31, 1945
Age78 years

Summary

Van Morrison is a famous Musician from United Kingdom, he/she is 78 years old and still alive, born August 31, 1945.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac virgo, who is known for Analyzing, Practical, Reflective, Observation, Thoughtful. Our collection contains 39 quotes who is written / told by Van.

Related authors: Solomon Burke (Musician), Rick Danko (Musician), Bruce Springsteen (Musician)

39 Famous quotes by Van Morrison

Small: If youre a pop singer, you dont need to evolve. You just get a set together, have some hit songs and pl
"If you're a pop singer, you don't need to evolve. You just get a set together, have some hit songs and play them over and over"
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Small: If its what you do and you can do it, then you do it
"If it's what you do and you can do it, then you do it"
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Small: Id love to live in Ireland but Id like to live as me, not what someone thinks I am. People dont underst
"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"
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Small: I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasnt there before that
"I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there before that"
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Small: I just need somewhere to dump all my negativity
"I just need somewhere to dump all my negativity"
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Small: Ive never felt like I was born with a silver spoon at all, although Ive felt like howling at the moon a
"I've never felt like I was born with a silver spoon at all, although I've felt like howling at the moon a lot of times!"
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Small: I never paid attention to what was contemporary or what was commercial, it didnt mean anything to me
"I never paid attention to what was contemporary or what was commercial, it didn't mean anything to me"
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Small: A famous person to themselves, they dont get up in the morning and think, Im famous. Im not famous to m
"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"
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Small: What you see is what you get
"What you see is what you get"
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Small: Theres always got to be a struggle. What else is there? Thats what life is made of. I dont know anythin
"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"
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Small: Im not a rock singer and I dont want to be a rock singer. Im not interested. It doesnt seem to get acro
"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"
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Small: I learnt from Armstrong on the early recordings that you never sang a song the same way twice
"I learnt from Armstrong on the early recordings that you never sang a song the same way twice"
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Small: I do see value in music criticism. Most of the criticism I have received over the years has been very g
"I do see value in music criticism. Most of the criticism I have received over the years has been very good"
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Small: You cant stay the same. If youre a musician and a singer, you have to change, thats the way it works
"You can't stay the same. If you're a musician and a singer, you have to change, that's the way it works"
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Small: Music is spiritual. The music business is not
"Music is spiritual. The music business is not"
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Small: I educated myself. To me, school was boring
"I educated myself. To me, school was boring"
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Small: Youve got to separate the singer and the songs
"You've got to separate the singer and the songs"
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Small: You take stuff from different places, and sometimes you stick a line in because it rhymes, not because
"You take stuff from different places, and sometimes you stick a line in because it rhymes, not because it makes sense"
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Small: When I started studying tenor saxophone as a kid in Belfast, I did so with a guy named George Cassidy,
"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"
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Small: The future is keeping you out of the present time
"The future is keeping you out of the present time"
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Small: The first piece of music that captured my imagination was probably Ray Charles Live At Newport
"The first piece of music that captured my imagination was probably Ray Charles Live At Newport"
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Small: Large audiences did not suit my low-key approach
"Large audiences did not suit my low-key approach"
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Small: I dont feel comfortable doing interviews. My profession is music, and writing songs. Thats what I do. I
"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"
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Small: Hearing the blues changed my life
"Hearing the blues changed my life"
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Small: I write songs. Then, I record them. And, later, maybe I perform them on stage. Thats what I do. Thats m
"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"
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Small: I went back to Belfast and started a club, the Maritime. No one had thought about doing a blues club, s
"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"
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Small: I never bought the commercial thing, at any stage of the game
"I never bought the commercial thing, at any stage of the game"
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Small: Every performance is different. Thats the beauty of it
"Every performance is different. That's the beauty of it"
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Small: Even today, skiffle is a defining part of my music. If I get the opportunity to just have a jam, skiffl
"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"
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Small: As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music
"As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music"
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Small: In order to win you must be prepared to lose sometime. And leave one or two cards showing
"In order to win you must be prepared to lose sometime. And leave one or two cards showing"
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Small: I always record far more than I can use. Theres probably twice as much recorded as comes out
"I always record far more than I can use. There's probably twice as much recorded as comes out"
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Small: Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat
"Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat"
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Small: My ambition when I started out was to play two or three gigs a week. And thats what Im doing
"My ambition when I started out was to play two or three gigs a week. And that's what I'm doing"
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Small: It was really strange for me when I started to play concerts in America where the audiences were all si
"It was really strange for me when I started to play concerts in America where the audiences were all sitting down"
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Small: Im very lucky, Im happy with life because my experiences led me to do what I had to do. I dont have any
"I'm very lucky, I'm happy with life because my experiences led me to do what I had to do. I don't have any regrets whatsoever"
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Small: I understood jazz, I understood how it worked. Thats what I apply to everything
"I understood jazz, I understood how it worked. That's what I apply to everything"
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Small: I dont think nostalgia has to be negative
"I don't think nostalgia has to be negative"
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Small: Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is
"Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag"
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