Van Morrison Quotes - Page 11

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• I like [George] Benson because I just like it. I like that kind of style. I don't like the broken up kind of style. I don't like where you play for 16 bars and then break it up into what somebody's version of what birds twittering sounds like, or what the sound of the city is, or what New York sounds like.

  Van Morrison

  New York, Play, Cities

  Source: ritchieyorke.com

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• It's the same thing as a primitive of Africans, Indians, nomads or whatever - when they start getting up and doing their ritual and doing the dance, it's just what's coming through. It's the spirit. Rock 'n' roll is still primitive.

  Van Morrison

  Rocks, Rock N Roll, Spirit

  The Ritchie Yorke Project Interview, ritchieyorke.com. April 21, 2015.

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• I wanted to find out why I wasn't getting off on what I was doing and try and make some sense out of the evolution of it.

  Van Morrison

  Trying, Evolution, Wanted

  Interview with Ritchie Yorke, ritchieyorke.com. April 21.

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• 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

  Mean, People, Condemning Yourself

  Interview with Ritchie Yorke, ritchieyorke.com. April 21.

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• When I first started drinking, it was working for me. It was great. Like when you're doing a gig and you're in a band and you're in the truck and there's nothing to do in the truck and the gigs are all the same and the hotels are all the same...it's the hotels, the car, the gig.

  Van Morrison

  Drinking, Car, Band

  Interview with Ritchie Yorke, ritchieyorke.com. April 21.

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• When I first started drinking, everybody was doing it. That was before they discovered marijuana and all that. It was the late 50s, early 60s - it was the beginnings of the rock 'n' roll era. The main drink was like wine. And even that was a romantic throwback to something.

  Van Morrison

  Drinking, Wine, Marijuana

  Interview with Ritchie Yorke, ritchieyorke.com. April 21.

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• From the dark end of the street - To the bright side of the road - We'll be lovers once again on the - Bright side of the road

  Van Morrison

  Dark, Sides, Lovers

  Song: Bright Side of the Road, Album: Into the Music

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• It's real difficult to pin down directions. I just want to do collaboration-tape stuff.

  Van Morrison

  Real, Collaboration, Tape

  The Ritchie Yorke Project Interview, ritchieyorke.com. April 21, 2015.

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• When all the dark clouds roll away And the sun begins to shine I see my freedom from across the way And it comes right in on time Well it shines so bright and it gives so much light And it comes from the sky above Makes me feel so free makes me feel like me And lights my life with love.

  Van Morrison

  Dark, Clouds, Light

  Song: Brand New Day, Album: Moondance

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