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.
Van MorrisonI think that there are quite a few acts which have stayed with the basic feelings and that's good. And I see something of a swing back to that. For example there are quite a few people copying my early stuff now. Like it's become a reference point or something.
Van MorrisonYou have to understand a bit about the poetry of the blues to know where the references are coming from.
Van MorrisonIt's real difficult to pin down directions. I just want to do collaboration-tape stuff.
Van Morrison