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I do see value in music criticism. Most of the criticism I have received over the years has been very good.

I'd love to live in Ireland but I'd like to live as me, not what someone thinks I am. People don't understand - I lived there before I was famous.

I write songs. Then, I record them. And, later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job. Simple.

Van Morrison

Job

Songs

I went back to Belfast and started a club, the Maritime. No one had thought about doing a blues club, so I was the first.

Van Morrison

Thought

First

I understood jazz, I understood how it worked. That's what I apply to everything.

Van Morrison

Jazz

I think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there before that.

Van Morrison

Music

Irish

I never paid attention to what was contemporary or what was commercial, it didn't mean anything to me.

Van Morrison

Attention

I learnt from Armstrong on the early recordings that you never sang a song the same way twice.

Van Morrison

Song

I just need somewhere to dump all my negativity.

Van Morrison

Negativity

I educated myself. To me, school was boring.

Van Morrison

School

I don't feel comfortable doing interviews. My profession is music, and writing songs. That's what I do. I like to do it, but I hate to talk about it.

Hearing the blues changed my life.

Van Morrison

Life

Hearing

Every performance is different. That's the beauty of it.

Van Morrison

Beauty

Performance

Even today, skiffle is a defining part of my music. If I get the opportunity to just have a jam, skiffle is what I love to play.

Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.

Van Morrison

Being

Famous