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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.
Van Morrison
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Van Morrison
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 31
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Performing was the natural thing originally and the rest of it [records and so on] is just like offshoots of that. That's how I see it anyway.
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It's like something happened to you that caused you to do what you do...you heard something somewhere, you felt something about this music that was definitely part of your own vision. That's what the whole thing is like.
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You can call it nostalgia, I don't mind Standing on that windswept hillside Listening to the church bells chime Listen to the church bells chime In that magic time.
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I'm still basically the same as I always was. I still listen to the same people. That's where I'm coming from.
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