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I think intellectualization is what's killing most people.

Van Morrison

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Van Morrison
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 31
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What excited me when I first came into it was the performing aspect and doing blues-oriented material, rock/blues oriented stuff, basic stuff, basic what they call rock 'n' roll.
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And I shall watch the ferry boats, and they'll get high, on a bluer ocean against tomorrow's sky. and i will never grow so old again, and i will walk and talk, in gardens all wet with rain.
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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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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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I have some intellectual-type pursuits, like studying philosophy and stuff like that.
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When I started out in this business, I was a performer before I was a songwriter, I was a performer before I was recording. Performing is the roots. That's where it all came from. You didn't start out doing it because you wanted to make an album.
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Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat.
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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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