You take stuff from different places, and sometimes you stick a line in because it rhymes, not because it makes sense.

Quote by Van Morrison

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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...

If it's what you do and you can do it, then you do it.

If it's what you do and you can do it, then you do it.

I've never felt like I was born with a silver spoon at all, although I've...

I've never felt like I was born with a silver spoon at all, although I've...

Every performance is different. That's the beauty of it.

Every performance is different. That's the beauty of it.

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...

I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm...

I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm...

From the dark end of the street -- To the bright side of the road...

From the dark end of the street -- To the bright side of the road...

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...

You've got to separate the singer and the songs.

You've got to separate the singer and the songs.

I understood jazz, I understood how it worked. That's what I apply to everything.

I understood jazz, I understood how it worked. That's what I apply to everything.

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...

I don't think nostalgia has to be negative.

I don't think nostalgia has to be negative.

Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music...

Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music...

Hearing the blues changed my life.

Hearing the blues changed my life.

The future is keeping you out of the present time.

The future is keeping you out of the present time.

I never bought the commercial thing, at any stage of the game.

I never bought the commercial thing, at any stage of the game.

The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.

The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.

The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician.

The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician.

What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in...

What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in...

I think you have to have a jazz pedigree to be on jazz radio.

I think you have to have a jazz pedigree to be on jazz radio.