If you never hear from me that just means I would rather not. Van Morrison More Quotes by Van Morrison More Quotes From Van Morrison What I like is natural music. It's like I was born with a gift to do something naturally, which I have no choice but to followup on. Van Morrison bornchoicesnatural You are who you are. It doesn't make any point to go out and buy the Top 40 albums to see what those acts are doing. There's no point in hearing what's going on. The only thing that's going on is what's been going forever. It's just that some people dig that bag and some people dig the other bag. Van Morrison albumsforeverpeople It's real difficult to pin down directions. I just want to do collaboration-tape stuff. Van Morrison tapecollaborationreal That's what it is-it's jazz. It's just jazz. That's what the whole thing is about to me. It's about what's happening right now in this context. This conversation is jazz to a certain extent. It's improvisation. What appeals to me about music is the improvization. That's what I don't like about the media-they're not living it. Van Morrison jazzcertainmedia I'm still basically the same as I always was. I still listen to the same people. That's where I'm coming from. Van Morrison stillspeople [Rock 'n' roll] is still a primitive form and there's no way you can get away from that. It's one of the primitive art forms and that's why it's good and that's why it's lasted...you know, it hasn't become sophisticated and it's not in the opera house. Van Morrison rockshouseart [Rock 'n' roll] music started out with some cat banging a log with a couple of pieces of stick. He sent a message across a river and although the cat on the other side receiving the message didn't know the exact words, he did understand basically something about what was being communicated. Van Morrison rockscatcouple It's the emotion...each word has got a connotation and symbolism and the thing is finding what's behind the word-what meaning it has and what emotion. I'm really into vocal repetition as a definite art form. Van Morrison emotionsymbolismart What was happening with me, with the album [A Period of Transition], with the people who took the pictures, the record company, everything, getting a new manager [Harvey Goldsmith]-it was all saying a period of transition to me so that was the title choice. It says what it is and obviously nobody is going to analyze that. It's exactly what it is. Van Morrison titleschoicespeople There's no man alive who has any answers. We all know that. It's like the guru trip. All a guru can do is direct you to something that you probably already know about yourself, something you might want to followup on. Apply the same thing to music and records. You might get something from a particular record that hits a nerve and something inside you. But that's your vision of it. Van Morrison nervesvisionmen Everybody's got their own particular vision which is a personal thing. Van Morrison personal-thingsparticularvision I wrote a couple of songs that had gypsy references in them. The only reason it happened was because that's what was coming through and I liked the idea at that period of time. But that doesn't mean that it's a myth or that I'm a gypsy. It's gotten totally out of context. Van Morrison couplesongmean In the media, a reviewer has his personal vision but it's passed along to a million readers or whatever. He might think that this particular song sounds like Jo Blow. Or like a Bo Diddley record that he heard six years ago. But the artist who made the record may never have even heard the Bo Diddley song. We all respond differently. Van Morrison artistblowsong I think that there are quite a few acts which have stayed with the basic feelings and that's good. And I see something of a swing back to that. For example there are quite a few people copying my early stuff now. Like it's become a reference point or something. Van Morrison swingspeoplethinking If you want to put your rock 'n' roll into mythology, [A Period of Transition] is from the Daddy Cool school. Van Morrison daddyrocksschool Joyous Sound evolved from a gospel influence. Actually it evolved out of sitting at a piano and just picking out a riff, a gospel type riff. It just seemed to come joyously-something about the song, about living in another place of joyous sounds. I'm not quite sure-that's one I'm trying to analyze. It just came out. Van Morrison pianosongtrying I have to accept the fact that I was putting out records that reviewers were going to get an image from. Van Morrison recordsacceptingfacts The media is going to stick a label on records. And the public is going to pick it up from that. And that's what I was getting sick of-the whole analyzation thing. Van Morrison labelsmediasick That song [You Got To Make It Through The World] came from a vibe I picked up from an old blues singer named Bo Carter. My lady was making a film as a thesis for U.C.L.A. and she wanted me to write a song to depict this character. The movie had something to do with bootlegging and stuff like that. I found this Bo Carter record and he was just saying something about making it to the woods or something like that. Van Morrison writingsongcharacter Any artist is an instrument-and that's exactly why you can't do it all the time. You can only do it when it's happening, when it's coming through. No matter how much you may want to do it, if it's not happening then it's simply not happening. Van Morrison artistwantmay
