I always record far more than I can use. There's probably twice as much recorded as comes out.

Quote by Van Morrison

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There's always got to be a struggle. What else is there? That's what life is...

There's always got to be a struggle. What else is there? That's what life is...

I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there...

I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there...

It was really strange for me when I started to play concerts in America where...

It was really strange for me when I started to play concerts in America where...

I do see value in music criticism. Most of the criticism I have received over...

I do see value in music criticism. Most of the criticism I have received over...

You take stuff from different places, and sometimes you stick a line in because it...

You take stuff from different places, and sometimes you stick a line in because it...

Even today, skiffle is a defining part of my music. If I get the opportunity...

Even today, skiffle is a defining part of my music. If I get the opportunity...

If you're a pop singer, you don't need to evolve. You just get a set...

If you're a pop singer, you don't need to evolve. You just get a set...

The first piece of music that captured my imagination was probably Ray Charles Live At...

The first piece of music that captured my imagination was probably Ray Charles Live At...

I went back to Belfast and started a club, the Maritime. No one had thought...

I went back to Belfast and started a club, the Maritime. No one had thought...

The future is keeping you out of the present time.

The future is keeping you out of the present time.

I never paid attention to what was contemporary or what was commercial, it didn't mean...

I never paid attention to what was contemporary or what was commercial, it didn't mean...

I don't think nostalgia has to be negative.

I don't think nostalgia has to be negative.

I learnt from Armstrong on the early recordings that you never sang a song the...

I learnt from Armstrong on the early recordings that you never sang a song the...

Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete...

Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete...

When I started you were more in touch with the people you were playing to....

When I started you were more in touch with the people you were playing to....

I'd love to live in Ireland but I'd like to live as me, not what...

I'd love to live in Ireland but I'd like to live as me, not what...

Music is spiritual. The music business is not.

Music is spiritual. The music business is not.

There's a clock on the wall and it's measuring down The time you have left...

There's a clock on the wall and it's measuring down The time you have left...

I am perhaps the oldest musician in the world. I am an old man but...

I am perhaps the oldest musician in the world. I am an old man but...

I'd be hanging out in my bathrobe all day, stinky, just writing, and my mom...

I'd be hanging out in my bathrobe all day, stinky, just writing, and my mom...