What you see is what you get. Van Morrison More Quotes by Van Morrison More Quotes From Van Morrison I just like any music to swing, no matter what it is. Van Morrison no-matter-whatswingsmatter My experiences with dope were not good for me. I had to go another route. Because in my experience, dope didn't give me those insights. Van Morrison dopeinsightgiving I was like one of those newspapers, those periodicals. There's all different kinds of alcoholics. There's the everyday kind: that's the consistent one. That's what people think an alcoholic is-but an alcoholic is basically just someone who's allergic to alcohol. That's all it means. It's just an allergy. Van Morrison meanpeoplethinking Performing was the natural thing originally and the rest of it [records and so on] is just like offshoots of that. That's how I see it anyway. Van Morrison performingrecordsnatural [Being alcoholic] you're either too high or you're too low. I mean, I was always looking for the bell to ring. I was always waiting for that bell. Van Morrison bellswaitingmean I don't like to condemn people because what that means is that you're only condemning yourself about a part of you that you can't stand. Van Morrison condemning-yourselfmeanpeople If you're putting somebody down, you're doing it because you're just seeing a part of yourself that you don't like. That's all that is. Van Morrison seeingifs Rock is gut level and it just gets to people. I think there's far too much emphasis on intellectualization, especially in rock 'n' roll which is a primitive form. Van Morrison rockspeoplethinking Jazz goes into folk music, into rock music. Jazz is in practically everything except classical music where they're reading the same music all the time, the same way, the same tempo every night. Van Morrison rocksreadingnight Somebody's going to hear a song that will key in a nerve or something in their experience that represents their own vision. And the next person is going to see it completely different. So even what it means to me is probably irrelevant. It's totally irrelevant. What matters is what it means to each person listening to it. Van Morrison what-matterssongmean If you're with a good band and everybody's from the old school, it's different. When you're in your element, you're in your element and things just come. You don't have to drag them out or force them out. They just happen. Van Morrison banddifferentschool Definitely Muddy Waters has been a prime influence for anybody who's ever done anything rock 'n' roll. Van Morrison rocksdonewater I'll tell you what does impress me: the fact that a lot of the cats who were our idols are still out there doing it. That impresses me very much. Van Morrison catidolsdoe Whether you're writing a book or a song or whatever, you've got to be involved in it. It's got to come from the heart I think...that's what it's all about. Van Morrison writingsongbook I just can't stand jazz/rock. I think it's the worst thing that's come down the river yet. Van Morrison rocksriversthinking I just can't stand it [jazz/rock]. It just doesn't sound right to me. It doesn't hit me...it doesn't get me...it just doesn't grab me. Van Morrison rocksjazzsound The job of the jazz people is to take it as far as it will go and that's what they're doing. But in the process of taking it out there, there has to be some times when they're not getting it right. It all depends on what you dig. I personally don't think the fusion of jazz with the heaviness of rock is working. Van Morrison rocksjobsthinking I think I opened up an area with Astral Weeks that hit a lot of peoples' nerves. But you can't really say that they're my favorite songs. Van Morrison nervessongthinking Jazz was always cool. That was what I liked about jazz - it was always cool. Now I see the cats that were basically cool getting kind of uncool. So that ruins what I feel about jazz. Van Morrison ruinsjazzcat I'd much prefer to hear somebody like Ed Thigpen [drummer with New York session group Stuff, and featured on innumerable hits] take a solo. I mean, that's what it is. I'd much rather hear that than the jazz/rock thing because it's blowing an aspect of jazz that I really like...the level where you can snap your fingers to it and you can groove to it. You can do anything to it. Van Morrison rocksnew-yorkmean
