#music

As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music. ↗

— Van Morrison

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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. ↗

— Van Morrison

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

— Van Morrison

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Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat. ↗

— Van Morrison

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I've never intended to be controversial but it's very easy to be controversial in pop music because nobody ever is. ↗

— Steven Morrissey

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That's why I do this music business thing, it's communication with people without having the extreme inconvenience of actually phoning anybody up. ↗

— Steven Morrissey

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My parents were worried about me, certainly when I became so deeply interested in music and people like the New York Dolls who, at the time, were very peculiar indeed. ↗

— Steven Morrissey

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I find that it isn't wise to attempt to judge people on their public persona, and even on the music they make. Because I've met so many people whose music I cannot stand, and they're very nice. At the same time, I've met people whose music I've loved, and they're not the person you've invested all this emotion in. ↗

— Steven Patrick Morrissey

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I have no love for myself as a human being, but I have immense pride in the music I make. ↗

— Steven Patrick Morrissey

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I think there are unseen powers who don't want pop music to be anything other than glorified Madonnas. ↗

— Steven Patrick Morrissey

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