What was happening with me, with the album [A Period of Transition], with the people who took the pictures, the record company, everything, getting a new manager [Harvey Goldsmith]-it was all saying a period of transition to me so that was the title choice. It says what it is and obviously nobody is going to analyze that. It's exactly what it is.
Van MorrisonI think Paul McGuinness and U2 created the Irish music industry. It certainly wasn't there before that.
Van MorrisonLeave your thoughtlessness behind you then you may begin to understand. Clear the emptiness around you with the waving of your hand.
Van MorrisonDid you ever hear about the rock and roll singer who got 3 or 4 Cadillacs, saying power to the people, dance to the music, wants you to pat him on the back.
Van Morrison