These days politics, religion, media seem to get all mixed up. Television became the new religion a long time back and the media has taken over.
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Van Morrison
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About Van Morrison
Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison is a Northern Irish musician, singer, and songwriter whose recording career started in the 1960s. Morrison's albums have performed well in the UK and Ireland, with more than 40 reaching the UK Top 40, as well as internationally, including in the United States, Germany, and the Netherlands.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Van MorrisonThese days politics, religion, media seem to get all mixed up. Television became the new religion a long time back and the media has taken over.
Music is spiritual. The music business is not.
You can't stay the same. If you're a musician and a singer, you have to change, that's the way it works.
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.
The first piece of music that captured my imagination was probably Ray Charles Live At Newport.
The future is keeping you out of the present time.
Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.
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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.
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.
You can't stay the same. If you're a musician and a singer, you have to change, that's the way it works.
Music is spiritual. The music business is not.
Every performance is different. That's the beauty of it.