I learnt from Armstrong on the early recordings that you never sang a song the same way twice. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes armstrong early learn
You can't stay the same. If you're a musician and a singer, you have to change, that's the way it works. Van Morrison changemusiciansinger Change image and share on social
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 completedisappointdrag Change image and share on social
A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm famous. I'm not famous to me. Famous is a perception. Van Morrison famousmorningperception Change image and share on social
When I have to compete with John Coltrane and Miles Davis and Louie Armstrong on iTunes, which I'm doing now, that's a problem. That means that jazz is not being heard by younger audiences. Robert Glasper armstrongaudiencecoltrane Change image and share on social
If I'm serious, yes, I'd like to have done what Shakespeare did... to act and write. You learn so much from acting. One of our great writers, Alan Bennett, does both supremely well. When I write a story, I tend to speak it aloud as I'm writing it. Michael Morpurgo actalanaloud share on social
In early 1993, when I was 12, I was separated from my family as the Sierra Leone civil war, which began two years earlier, came into my life. Ishmael Beah begincivilearly Change image and share on social