Van Morrison Quotes - Page 6

I was all caught up with identifying with certain things. They just weren't very stimulating things.

Then it evolved into more of a ballad style singer/songwriter thing. And there was a conflict in trying to merge the two styles with the same band behind me. 'Cause the musicians that I would need to do ballad-oriented tunes would require musicians who were more into jazz.

I felt kind of bored at the prospect of writing some more of my own songs because I really wasn't saying what I wanted to say.

I'd found that what I wrote and put out on records somehow was not fitting into how I perform on stage.

Some thoughts went through my head about recording some stuff that had influenced me earlier in my career like blues and early rock. But it didn't seem to really make sense at that point - it might have been taken the wrong way. A lot of people already had been into that trip.

It was like I had evolved to a certain stage where I was stuck in this songwriter bag as an image. But basically at heart, I'm a rocker. And I still am. But I was caught up in the singer/songwriter bag and I wasn't really enjoying it.

I'd been performing in bands since I was 12 which represented, at that point, about 16 years of playing music.

The idea [of A Period of Transition album] was to get a break from everything for a while because I've been doing it for so long. I started doing it when I was 12.

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.

If you get into introspective blues or something where you're stretching out a bit, large audiences don't respond to this, so you have to give them what they want, basically.

Enlightenment says the world is nothing Nothing but a dream, everything's an illusion And nothing is real.

Did you ever hear about the rock and roll singer who got 3 or 4 Cadillacs, saying power to the people, dance to the music, wants you to pat him on the back.

Let me purify my thoughts and words and deeds that I may be a vehicle for thee.

Become enraptured by the sights and sounds in intrigue of nature and beauty, come along with me and take it all in. Come here my love.

It will make you feel good, and it will make you feel whole, when the spirit moves you and it fills you through and through.

In the gentle evening freeze, by the whispering shady trees I will find sanctuary in the Lord.

This Hollywood ain't no good, I would rather be like Robin Hood.

When the spirit moves me, I can do many wondrous things.

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

Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.

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.

If you never hear from me that just means I would rather not.

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

I am about the arrangements and the layers of depth in the music.

I educated myself. To me, school was boring.