Van Morrison Net Worth

Van Morrison's Quotes

• Music is spiritual. The music business is not.
• I'd go so far as to say that some of the people who talk about me are actually mentally unstable.
• I don't really have a hero. I don't even believe in them. To me, a hero is something out of a comic - Batman, maybe!
• I don't relate to all this any differently than if I was a clerk. I wouldn't be telling some guy from a magazine what I did when I went home, so why should I in this business.
• [on false claims placed on web site by hackers about a 4th child being born to him at 64 by Gigi Lee] For the avoidance of all doubt and in the interests of clarity, I am very happily married to Michelle Morrison with whom I have two wonderful children.

Interesting Facts about Van Morrison

1. Born at 11:59pm-UT
2. He has a daughter, Shana, with Janet.
3. 1993: Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
4. Was a member of the 1960s group Them.
5. He was voted the 42nd Greatest Artist in Rock 'n' Roll by Rolling Stone.
6. Is First Lady Laura Bush's favorite singer.
7. Was invited to sing at President George W. Bush's inauguration, but declined.
8. 1994: Winner of the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution.
9. January 2006: Daughter Aibbe Rocca Morrison born. Mother is his long-term partner, Michelle Rocca.
10. 2003: Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
11. He moved briefly to Woodstock, New York in the late 1960s, not because it was a hotbed of the hippie/counterculture movement, but to live near his idol, Bob Dylan, who had lived in that area for 3 years before the famous music festival was held there. However, the Irish songsmith was reportedly too shy to actually approach Dylan at that time. The two classic rock idols later co-headlined a tour together.
12. He was awarded the OBE (OFficer of the Order of the British Empire) before being awarded Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to the Music Industry and to Tourism in Northern Ireland. He lives in Down, Northern Ireland.
13. Lifelong friend of Bob Dylan.
14. He is widely known to be a very private man.
15. Farrah Fawcett was a huge fan of his music. When she was dying of cancer and too sick to attend one of his concerts, Morrison taped it especially for her. It was one of the last things she ever watched.
16. His second album, Astral Weeks (1968), is ranked number 19 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.