Van Morrison
Van Morrison
Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison, OBEis 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 2016 he was knighted for his musical achievements and his services to tourism and charitable causes in Northern Ireland...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth31 August 1945
CityBelfast, Northern Ireland
Van Morrison quotes about
Men come, men go, all things remain in God.
No guru, no method, no teacher, just you and I and nature, and the father in the garden.
It's all complete instinct and intuition, and that's extremely difficult to teach.
Making love in the green grass behind the stadium with you my brown eyed girl.
Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea They thought great thoughts about liberty Poets wrote down words that did fit Writers wrote books Thinkers thought about it.
Do you remember the time darlin' when everything made more sense in the world? Oh I remember, I remember... when life made more sense... Take me back, take me back, take me way back... to when life made more sense.
I understood jazz, I understood how it worked. That's what I apply to everything.
You have to understand a bit about the poetry of the blues to know where the references are coming from.
I don't think nostalgia has to be negative.
Hearing the blues changed my life.
In order to win you must be prepared to lose sometime. And leave one or two cards showing.
You come into my dreams from a whisper to a scream.
Don't lose the wonder in your eyes It's right there when you smile... If we go back, for a while Let me go back, for a while To that magic time
Ambition will take you And ride you too far and Conservatism bring you to boredom once more Sit down by the river And watch the stream flow Recall all the dreams That you once used to know The things you've forgotten That took you away To pastures not greener but meaner.