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Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea They thought great thoughts about liberty Poets wrote down words that did fit Writers wrote books Thinkers thought about it.

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Van Morrison
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 31
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I just need somewhere to dump all my negativity.
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Way across the country where the hillside mountains glide, the dynamo of your smile caressed the barefoot virgin child.
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Let me purify my thoughts and words and deeds that I may be a vehicle for thee.
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When you perform live, it's a different trip - it's different energy. I just felt a conflict between both of the trips. I was trying to evaluate what it meant for me to be a singer/songwriter and what that whole thing all meant.
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Any artist is an instrument-and that's exactly why you can't do it all the time. You can only do it when it's happening, when it's coming through. No matter how much you may want to do it, if it's not happening then it's simply not happening.
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You can't stay the same. If you're a musician and a singer, you have to change, that's the way it works.
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Whether you're writing a book or a song or whatever, you've got to be involved in it. It's got to come from the heart I think...that's what it's all about.
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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.
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The summer breeze was blowing on your face Within your violet you treasure your summery words And as the shiver from my neck down to my spine Ignited me in daylight and nature in the garden
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Jackie Wilson said it was Reet-Petite, kind of love you got knock me off my feet.
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You can't stop us on the road to freedom, you can't stop us cause our eyes can see.
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I think we're going a bit too fast at the minute. The rate we're going is like we're going over the edge of the hill.
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It's a marvelous night for a moondance!
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And I want to rock your gypsy soul Just like way back in the days of old And magnificently we will fold into the mystic
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