When the spirit moves me, I can do many wondrous things. Van Morrison More Quotes by Van Morrison More Quotes From Van Morrison Way across the country where the hillside mountains glide, the dynamo of your smile caressed the barefoot virgin child. Van Morrison your-smile country children I never bought the commercial thing, at any stage of the game. Van Morrison stage games 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. Van Morrison inspiration faith world The summer breeze was blowing on your face Van Morrison garden nature summer [You Got To Make It Through The World] it's kind of a survival song. Survival is what's happening and it's basically a song about that. Van Morrison survival song world I write songs. Then I record them. And later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job. Simple. I don't feel comfortable doing interviews. My profession is music, and writing songs. I like to do it, but I hate to talk about it...Music is spiritual. The music business is not. Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag. Van Morrison spiritual song jobs When you start to analyze [rock 'n' roll], it's only because you don't understand it. You're just not connecting with it once you have to start analyzing it. Van Morrison analyzing rock-n-roll rocks Once you start to analyze it [Joyous Sound], you've completely lost it. That one just came. Van Morrison joyous sound lost Like I said, basically I'm a rocker. That's about it. Things that I've done away from that-branches that I've gotten into off of that - are just other streams, other things that I can do. Van Morrison branches done said I realized that what I was looking for was doing collaborations with other people - people who can play a ballad, rock, jazz. I was looking for more co-op type things than what I had been doing, which had been completely my own trip. Van Morrison rocks play people Let go into the mystery. Let yourself go. And when you open up your heart, you get everything you need. Baby there's a way and a mystic road. You've got to have some faith to carry on, you've got to open up your heart to the Son. Van Morrison faith letting-go baby You've got to separate the singer and the songs. Van Morrison separation singers song Making love in the green grass behind the stadium with you my brown eyed girl. Van Morrison green making-love girl 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 Van Morrison rocks soul want The trip had become boring. It wasn't exciting anymore to totally be a singer/songwriter because it wasn't working for me. Van Morrison singers boring exciting You learn to read the audiences after a while, and there are all different kinds of gigs. Van Morrison gigs different kind I was just getting tired of the image bullshit...that man of mystery trip and what have you. What's that all about? Van Morrison bullshit tired men I like to see people reaching back for the roots and for the reason why. Not intellectually, but just for the gut feeling of what it's all about. Van Morrison roots feelings people I forgot that love existed, troubled in my mind. Heartache after heartache, worried all the time. I forgot that love existed Then I saw the light Everyone around me make everything alright. Van Morrison heartache light mind I'm talking about noise rock. I don't think that noise rock element belongs in jazz. It's not for me anyway; it just doesn't fit. Van Morrison rocks talking thinking