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
And I want to rock your gypsy soul Just like way back in the days of old And magnificently we will fold into the mystic
Every performance is different. That's the beauty of it.
I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there before that.
Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.
As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music.
You take stuff from different places, and sometimes you stick a line in because it rhymes, not because it makes sense.
The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.
I shall drive my chariot down your street and cry hey it's me.
If it's what you do and you can do it, then you do it.
I do see value in music criticism. Most of the criticism I have received over the years has been very good.
Way across the country where the hillside mountains glide, the dynamo of your smile caressed the barefoot virgin child.
I just need somewhere to dump all my negativity.
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.