When I started studying tenor saxophone... | Van Morrison

Inspiration

When I started studying tenor saxophone as a kid in Belfast, I did so with a guy named George Cassidy, who was also a big inspiration.

- Van Morrison

Quote of the Day

I was never named in the early years as having anything to do with the assassination of Malcolm.

- Louis Farrakhan

Other quotes by Van Morrison

Want

I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.

- Van Morrison

Life

There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.

- Van Morrison

Play

If you're a pop singer, you don't need to evolve. You just get a set together, have some hit songs and play them over and over.

- Van Morrison

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

- Van Morrison

Struggle Life

There's always got to be a struggle. What else is there? That's what life is made of. I don't know anything else. If there is, tell me about it.

- Van Morrison

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

- Van Morrison

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