6 Van Morrison Quotes on Authenticity

Van Morrison quotes on authenticity

3. Into the Music was about the first album where I felt, 'I'm starting here'...the Wavelength thing, I didn't really feel that was me.

14. I don't think I will ever mellow out. I think if you mellow out, you get eaten up. You become like a commodity. So I don't think I will mellow out. It is not in my blood.

83. Whatever it takes to fulfill his mission That is the way we must go But you've got to do it your own way Tear down the old, bring up the new.

92. Do what you like. This is what I like and that's what I'm doing.

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

111. They asked me to come to New York to help celebrate Van's induction into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame. I went because I see Van as one of the cats that has kept the faith. Like me, he's always himself - he stays true to the music that means the most to him. It meant a lot to sing 'Crazy Love' on stage that evening.