You can’t stay the same. If you’re a musician and a singer, you have to change, that’s the way it works. — Van Morrison
You take stuff from different places, and sometimes you stick a line in because it rhymes, not because it makes sense. — Van Morrison
Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, american folk music with a beat. — Van Morrison
The first piece of music that captured my imagination was probably ray charles live at newport. — Van Morrison
In order to win you must be prepared to lose sometime. And leave one or two cards showing. — Van Morrison
It was really strange for me when I started to play concerts in america where the audiences were all sitting down. — Van Morrison
My ambition when I started out was to play two or three gigs a week. And that’s what I’m doing. — Van Morrison
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
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
I’m very lucky, I’m happy with life because my experiences led me to do what I had to do. — Van Morrison
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! — Van Morrison
I learnt from armstrong on the early recordings that you never sang a song the same way twice. — Van Morrison
I never paid attention to what was contemporary or what was commercial, it didn’t mean anything to me. — Van Morrison
I always record far more than I can use. There’s probably twice as much recorded as comes out. — Van Morrison
I do see value in music criticism. Most of the criticism I have received over the years has been very good. — Van Morrison
A famous person to themselves, they don’t get up in the morning and think, I’m famous. — Van Morrison
From the dark end of the street — to the bright side of the road — we’ll be lovers once again on the — bright side of the road. — Van Morrison
I think paul mcguinness and u2 created the irish music industry. It certainly wasn’t there before that. — Van Morrison