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I don't like to condemn people because what that means is that you're only condemning yourself about a part of you that you can't stand.

Van Morrison

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Van Morrison
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 31
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I can see more naturalness in basic blues, basic R & B, basic rock 'n' roll.
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The music I really like to get off on is the old rhythm 'n' blues and rock 'n' roll stuff... that's what I really dig. And I also dig to sing ballads as well. And I also dig writing my own songs. I was just trying to find a way of integrating the whole thing, taking a look at the total picture.
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See the man on the TV with a phony smile. Bring you up, bring you down, he can turn your head around.
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You know what they're writing about Baby you know what they're writing about It's a thing called love down through the ages Makes you wanna cry sometimes Makes you feel like you wanna lay down and die sometimes Makes you high sometimes But when you really get in it lifts you right up.
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Well I've got to get out of the rat-race now I'm tired of the ways of mice and men And the empires all turning into rust again. Out of everything nothing remains the same That's why I'm cloud hidden Cloud hidden Whereabouts unknown.
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When I think of that dear rugged cross where the dear Saviour gave his all... When I feel like I'm on my last go round, see me through.
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In the gentle evening freeze, by the whispering shady trees I will find sanctuary in the Lord.
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That's what it is-it's jazz. It's just jazz. That's what the whole thing is about to me. It's about what's happening right now in this context. This conversation is jazz to a certain extent. It's improvisation. What appeals to me about music is the improvization. That's what I don't like about the media-they're not living it.
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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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I shall drive my chariot down your street and cry hey it's me.
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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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[The music is about ] for the purpose of getting people to an excitement level. They feel something, they feel emotions. They're going to go home after that concert and remember it.Maybe they got something out of the experience rather than intellectualizing about what songs mean which is the whole head trip.
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What I like is natural music. It's like I was born with a gift to do something naturally, which I have no choice but to followup on.
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