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. Van Morrison Read Quote
A lot of people who were writing when I came through originally as a singer-songwriter have disappeared. Van Morrison Read Quote
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 Read Quote
My records do not require a lot of thought of ‘What is this?’ and ‘What is that?’ That would be too contrived for me. Van Morrison Read Quote
You take stuff from different places, and sometimes you stick a line in because it rhymes, not because it makes sense. Van Morrison Read Quote
When I started you were more in touch with the people you were playing to. There wasn’t the distance or the separation that there is now. Van Morrison Read Quote
The first piece of music that captured my imagination was probably Ray Charles Live At Newport. Van Morrison Read Quote