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My bag is approaching something and taking it to another place. Like words-you take a word and by the time you've finished with it, you milk it and you go through the emotion of what it is, what it means there and then.
Van Morrison
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Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 31
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The job of the jazz people is to take it as far as it will go and that's what they're doing. But in the process of taking it out there, there has to be some times when they're not getting it right. It all depends on what you dig. I personally don't think the fusion of jazz with the heaviness of rock is working.
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It's all complete instinct and intuition, and that's extremely difficult to teach.
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J.P. Donleavy - now he's one writer I am consistent with. He's written books that I can definitely connect with. He has amazing insights which other people missed out on. Even with his descriptions of Northern Ireland.
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I can see more naturalness in basic blues, basic R & B, basic rock 'n' roll.
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You can put out an album and it could be totally out of the window as far as what you want to do performance-wise.
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I had my eyes closed in the dark, I sighed a million sighs, I told a million lies, to myself, to myself.
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A lot of things come together to make up a song. It's just images.
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I just can't stand it [jazz/rock]. It just doesn't sound right to me. It doesn't hit me...it doesn't get me...it just doesn't grab me.
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There's novel reading, and then there's the other kind of reading. Take somebody like Carl Jung, the psychiatrist - now there's somebody worth getting into. With novels, I'm kind of fly by night. It isn't something I can be really consistent with.
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There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.
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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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I never bought the commercial thing, at any stage of the game.
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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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If you never hear from me that just means I would rather not.
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I've always listened to jazz or folk or blues. I was always listening to the prophets. I don't really go for...I don't know how to say anything about the singles scene without slamming people.
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Definitely Muddy Waters has been a prime influence for anybody who's ever done anything rock 'n' roll.
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I just can't stand jazz/rock. I think it's the worst thing that's come down the river yet.
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I also like to do physical things. I like swimming a lot. I like traveling. Not touring traveling but just plain traveling. I also read a lot. Reading takes up most of my time.
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Meet them halfway with love, peace, and persuasion, and expect them to rise for the occasion.
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You learn to read the audiences after a while, and there are all different kinds of gigs.
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