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There aren't any labels - all...

There aren't any labels - all jazz means is improvization and you can never play a tune the same way twice. So jazz spills over into everything.

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I'd been performing in bands ...

I'd been performing in bands since I was 12 which represented, at that point, about 16 years of playing music.

Van Morrison 153 quotes

The idea [of A Period of Tran...

The idea [of A Period of Transition album] was to get a break from everything for a while because I've been doing it for so long. I started doing it when I was 12.

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You are who you are. It doesn...

You are who you are. It doesn't make any point to go out and buy the Top 40 albums to see what those acts are doing. There's no point in hearing what's going on. The only thing that's going on is what's been going forever. It's just that some people dig that bag and some people dig the other bag.

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That's the jazz that I like -...

That's the jazz that I like - the stuff that has a soothing effect.

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Music to me is spontaneous, w...

Music to me is spontaneous, writing is spontaneous and it's all based on not trying to do it. From beginning to end, whether it's writing a song, or playing guitar, or a particular chord sequence, or blowing a horn, it's based on improvisation and spontaneity.

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Shivers up and down my spine ...

Shivers up and down my spine It's a feeling so divine Let me go back for a while Got to go back for a while To that magic time.

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That's what it is-it's jazz. ...

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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I just can't stand it [jazz/r...

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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When the spirit moves me, I c...

When the spirit moves me, I can do many wondrous things.

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J.P. Donleavy - now he's one ...

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 wanted to find out why I wa...

I wanted to find out why I wasn't getting off on what I was doing and try and make some sense out of the evolution of it.

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It's like something happened ...

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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This Hollywood ain't no good,...

This Hollywood ain't no good, I would rather be like Robin Hood.

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Somebody's going to hear a so...

Somebody's going to hear a song that will key in a nerve or something in their experience that represents their own vision. And the next person is going to see it completely different. So even what it means to me is probably irrelevant. It's totally irrelevant. What matters is what it means to each person listening to it.

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Rock is gut level and it just...

Rock is gut level and it just gets to people. I think there's far too much emphasis on intellectualization, especially in rock 'n' roll which is a primitive form.

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Enlightenment says the world ...

Enlightenment says the world is nothing Nothing but a dream, everything's an illusion And nothing is real.

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I think I opened up an area w...

I think I opened up an area with Astral Weeks that hit a lot of peoples' nerves. But you can't really say that they're my favorite songs.

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For a long time, I couldn't a...

For a long time, I couldn't actually deal with playing concerts, it was a totally alien concept to me, 'cos I was used to playing in clubs and dance halls.

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I realized I was growing up o...

I realized I was growing up or something like that. You have responsibilities...you've got to think about getting your act together. I didn't even know what it had been doing to me. I didn't realize how dangerous it was. People talked in terms of drugs and I used to think in terms of...well in Ireland, everybody drinks. Nobody gives it a second thought. You're Irish number one and you're a drinker number two. That's the first two things about us Irish.

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....