Van Morrison: Trending quotes (page 4)

“People think I'm eccentric, cranky. If I'm eccentric because I've never been into mainstream things, then I am eccentric.”

Van Morrison

An Oral History of Popular Music (1989)

People , Thinking

“You can't stop us on the road to freedom
You can't stop us 'cause our eyes can see
Men with insight, men in granite
Knights in armor intent on chivalry.”

Van Morrison

Tupelo Honey
Song lyrics, Tupelo Honey (1971)

Men , Freedom

“There is one thing I don't understand about Astral Weeks. Of all the records I have ever made that one is definitely not rock. You could throw that record at the wall, take it to music colleges, analyze it to death. Nobody is going to tell me that it is a rock album. Why they keep calling it one I have no idea.”

Van Morrison

An Oral History of Popular Music (1989)

Death , Music , Idea , Understanding

“To Santa Fe
Do you need it?
Can you feel it in the same old way?
I can feel it from the mountain top
Runnin' down to the foamy brine
In a rest'rant 'cross a table top
Looking into a glass of wine
Whispering in the evening breeze
Green leaves glist'ning eucalyptus trees
Can you hear them?
Or get near them?”

Van Morrison

Santa Fe/Beautiful Obsession
Song lyrics, Wavelength (1978)

Way , Feeling , Mountain , Tree

“In the land of a thousand dances,
I dance with you.
I was out I was taking my chances
When dreams came true
When you came into my dream
Like from a whisper to a scream.”

Van Morrison

Heavy Connection
Song lyrics, A Period of Transition (1977)

Dreams , Chance , Dance

“Oh redwood tree,
Please let us under,
When we were young we used to go,
Under the redwood tree,
And it smelled like rain,
Maybe even thunder,
Won't you keep us from all harm,
Wonderful redwood tree.”

Van Morrison

Redwood Tree
Song lyrics, Saint Dominic's Preview (1972)

Tree

“Your street, rich street or poor
Used to always be sure, on your street
There's a place in your heart you know from the start
Can't be complete outside of the street
Keep moving on through the joy and the pain
Sometimes you got to look back
To the street again
Would you prefer all those castles in Spain?
Or the view of your street from your window pane?”

Van Morrison

The Street Only Knew Your Name
Song lyrics, Inarticulate Speech of the Heart (1983)

Pain , Heart , Joy

“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.”

Van Morrison

When Will I Ever Learn to Live in God?
Song lyrics, Avalon Sunset (1989)

Way , Tear

“By the winding stream we shall lie and dream
We'll make dreams come true if we want them to
Yes all will come play the pipes and drum
Sing a happy song and we'll sing along.”

Van Morrison

Everyone
Song lyrics, Moondance (1970)

Lie , Dreams , Singing , Happiness

“I'm in heaven, I'm in heaven
I'm in heaven when you smile, when you smile.”

Van Morrison

Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)
Song lyrics, Saint Dominic's Preview (1972)

Smile

“And all the girls walk by
Dressed up for each other
And the boys do the boogie-woogie
On the corner of the street
And the people passin' by
Just stare in wild wonder
And the inside juke-box
Roars out just like thunder.”

Van Morrison

Wild Night
Song lyrics, Tupelo Honey (1971)

People , Girl , Boy , Box

“There's a dream where the contents are visible
Where the poetic champions compose
Will you breathe not a word of this secrecy, and
Will you still be my special rose?”

Van Morrison

Queen of the Slipstream
Song lyrics, Poetic Champions Compose (1987)

Dreams

“And you know you gotta go
On that train from Dublin up to Sandy Row
Throwing pennies at the bridges down below
And the rain, hail, sleet, and snow
Say goodbye to Madame George
Dry your eye for Madame George
Wonder why for Madame George”

Van Morrison

Madame George
Song lyrics, Astral Weeks (1969)

Training

“Turn up your radio and let me hear the song
Switch on your electric light
Then we can get down to what is really wrong
I long to hold you tight so I can feel you
Sweet lady of the night I shall reveal you.”

Van Morrison

Caravan
Song lyrics, Moondance (1970)

Feeling , Light , Night

“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

Bright Side of the Road
Song lyrics, Into the Music (1979)

Lovers

“The odd time something happens and you go into some kind of enchantment (on stage). But you have to work very hard to get that. Most of the time you're just playing and singing the songs, and there's no guarantee that you are going to get anywhere….”

Van Morrison

As quoted in Can You Feel the Silence? Van Morrison: A New Biography (2003) by Clinton Heylin

Singing , Time

“I can hear her heart beat from a thousand miles
And the heavens open every time she smiles
And when I come to her that's where I belong
Yet I'm running to her like a river's song.”

Van Morrison

Crazy Love
Song lyrics, Moondance (1970)

Smile , Time , Heart

“Enlightenment says the world is nothing
Nothing but a dream, everything's an illusion
And nothing is real.”

Van Morrison

Enlightenment
Song lyrics, Enlightenment (1990)

World , Dreams

“I forgot that love existed, troubled in my mind.
Heartache after heartache, worried all the time.
I forgot that love existed
Then I saw the light
Everyone around me make everything alright.”

Van Morrison

I Forgot That Love Existed
Song lyrics, Poetic Champions Compose (1987)

Love , Light , Time

“And this time I forget to slip into your slumber
The light is on the left side of your head
And I'm standing in your doorway
And I'm mumbling and I can't remember the last thing that ran through my head”

Van Morrison

Ballerina
Song lyrics, Astral Weeks (1969)

Light , Time , Forgetting