A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm famous. I'm not famous to me. Famous is a perception.

— Van Morrison

And I shall watch the ferry boats, and they'll get high, on a bluer ocean against tomorrow's sky. And I will never grow so old again, and I will walk and talk, in gardens all wet with rain...

— Van Morrison

Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.

— Van Morrison

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

— Van Morrison

Hark, now hear the sailors cry, smell the sea, and feel the sky let your soul & spirit fly, into the mystic...

— Van Morrison

I'd love to live in Ireland, but I'd like to live as me, not what someone thinks I am. People don't understand - I lived there before I was famous.

— Van Morrison

I don't feel comfortable doing interviews. My profession is music, and writing songs. That's what I do. I like to do it, but I hate to talk about it.

— Van Morrison

Music is spiritual. The music business is not.

— Van Morrison

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

— Van Morrison

The future is keeping you out of the present time.

— Van Morrison