Quotes by Van Morrison

About Van Morrison:

Sir George Ivan Morrison is a Northern Irish singer, songwriter and musician. He has received six Grammy Awards, the 1994 Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, and has been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2015 he was knighted for his services to popular music.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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

Van Morrison

Music is spiritual. The music business is not.

Van Morrison

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

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. I'm not famous to me. Famous is a perception.

Van Morrison

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

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

The future is keeping you out of the present time.

Van Morrison

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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Life quotes by Van Morrison, UberQuotes

There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.

Van Morrison

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.

Van Morrison

Hearing the blues changed my life.

Van Morrison

The first piece of music that captured my imagination was probably Ray Charles Live At Newport.

Van Morrison

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.

Van Morrison

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.

Van Morrison

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

Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat.

Van Morrison

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

Van Morrison

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

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

Van Morrison

Author Bio

  • NameVan Morrison
  • DescriptionNorthern Irish singer-songwriter and musician
  • BornAugust 31, 1945
  • CountryNorthern Ireland
  • ProfessionGuitarist; Poet; Composer; Musician
  • AwardsOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire; Officier Des Arts Et Des Lettres?