Van Morrison said this quote

hark, now hear the sailors cry, smell the sea, and feel the sky let your soul & spirit fly, into the mystic...

~ Van Morrison

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...

~ Van Morrison

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.

~ Van Morrison

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