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James Taylor quotes: Once you get that two-way energy thing going, everyone benefits hugely. Once you get that two-way energy thing going, everyone benefits hugely.
James Taylor quotes: Deep greens and blues are the colors I chooseWon't you let me go down in my dreams? Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose
Won't you let me go down in my dreams?
James Taylor quotes: To me, very much of what is artistic is people's very creative and inventive ways out of impossible situations. To me, very much of what is artistic is people's very creative and inventive ways out of impossible situations.
James Taylor quotes: It's hard to find a way forward. When you're 18 it happens in huge chunks every day, but after 20 years, growth is much more costly. It's hard to find a way forward. When you're 18 it happens in huge chunks every day, but after 20 years, growth is much more costly.
James Taylor quotes: Einstein said that he never could understand it all, the planets spinning in space, the smile upon your face. Einstein said that he never could understand it all, the planets spinning in space, the smile upon your face.
James Taylor quotes: Won't you look down upon me Jesus, you've got to help me make a stand. You just got to see me through another day. Won't you look down upon me Jesus, you've got to help me make a stand. You just got to see me through another day.
James Taylor quotes: It won't be long before another day, were gonna have a good time. And no ones gonna take that time away. You can stay as long as you like It won't be long before another day, were gonna have a good time. And no ones gonna take that time away. You can stay as long as you like
James Taylor quotes: Things started to get out of control when I began reading that I was a superstar. Things started to get out of control when I began reading that I was a superstar.
James Taylor quotes: Sobering up was responsible for breaking up my marriage. That's what it couldn't stand. Sobering up was responsible for breaking up my marriage. That's what it couldn't stand.
James Taylor quotes: Television news is now entertainment, and the stories are being written by the people that have a special interest in them. Television news is now entertainment, and the stories are being written by the people that have a special interest in them.
James Taylor quotes: He's halfway sick and halfway stoned. He'd sure like to kick, but he's too far gone. So they wind him down with methadone. He's halfway sick and halfway stoned. He'd sure like to kick, but he's too far gone. So they wind him down with methadone.
James Taylor quotes: No one can tell me that I'm doing wrong. No one can tell me that I'm doing wrong.
James Taylor quotes: I don't know much about God. But if everything does originate with God, then certainly songs do as well. I don't know much about God. But if everything does originate with God, then certainly songs do as well.
James Taylor quotes: It was like the top of the roof came off the house, .. He had that effect on everyone. It was like the top of the roof came off the house, .. He had that effect on everyone.
James Taylor quotes: The best thing is when you hear somebody take your song and make something great of it. The best thing is when you hear somebody take your song and make something great of it.
James Taylor quotes: It's easier to make an album, harder to figure out how to get people to notice it ... It's easier to make an album, harder to figure out how to get people to notice it ...
James Taylor quotes: I wanted to perform, I wanted to write songs, and I wanted to get lots of chicks. I wanted to perform, I wanted to write songs, and I wanted to get lots of chicks.
James Taylor quotes: Music is my living. I enjoy selling my music. Music is my living. I enjoy selling my music.
James Taylor quotes: I collect hats. That's what you do when you're bald. I collect hats. That's what you do when you're bald.
James Taylor quotes: Within my heart is carved a sculpture of your love. Within my heart is carved a sculpture of your love.
James Taylor quotes: Do me wrong, do me right, tell me lies, but hold me tight. Do me wrong, do me right, tell me lies, but hold me tight.
James Taylor quotes: It's a real wrenching thing to go from being a private person to being a public person, especially when you're being autobiographical. It's a real wrenching thing to go from being a private person to being a public person, especially when you're being autobiographical.
James Taylor quotes: I don't get into heavy political numbers because I don't find them lyrical. I don't get into heavy political numbers because I don't find them lyrical.
James Taylor quotes: Time will take your money, but money won't buy time. Time will take your money, but money won't buy time.
James Taylor quotes: The sides are steep and the nights are long and cold down in the hole, light and love and the world above mean nothing to the mole. The sides are steep and the nights are long and cold down in the hole, light and love and the world above mean nothing to the mole.
James Taylor quotes: I am myself for a living. I don't animate a character. I am myself for a living. I don't animate a character.
James Taylor quotes: You have to choose whether to love yourself or not. You have to choose whether to love yourself or not.
James Taylor quotes: You can bring your enemies to their knees with the possible exception of the North Vietnamese. You can bring your enemies to their knees with the possible exception of the North Vietnamese.
James Taylor quotes: Music is like a huge release of tension. Music is like a huge release of tension.
James Taylor quotes: Creativity is the process that gives life to a new product. Creativity is the process that gives life to a new product.
James Taylor quotes: Bruce Springsteen's a rock star. Elton John is a rock star. I'm a folk musician. Honestly, I think that's true. Bruce Springsteen's a rock star. Elton John is a rock star. I'm a folk musician. Honestly, I think that's true.
James Taylor quotes: We all have to face pain, and pain makes us grow. We all have to face pain, and pain makes us grow.
James Taylor quotes: It is the most delightful thing that ever happens to me, when I hear something coming out of my guitar and out of my mouth that wasn't there before. It is the most delightful thing that ever happens to me, when I hear something coming out of my guitar and out of my mouth that wasn't there before.
James Taylor quotes: If the gig's going really well, I'm incredibly happy on stage and really feel good about my life and things. If the gig's going really well, I'm incredibly happy on stage and really feel good about my life and things.
James Taylor quotes: All invisible from where we stand the connections come to pass, and though too strong to comprehend they affect us not the less. All invisible from where we stand the connections come to pass, and though too strong to comprehend they affect us not the less.
James Taylor quotes: There ain't no doubt in my mind that love is the finest thing around There ain't no doubt in my mind that love is the finest thing around
James Taylor quotes: Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground
James Taylor quotes: I gathered up my sorrows and I sold them all for gold. And I gathered up the gold, and I threw it all away. I gathered up my sorrows and I sold them all for gold. And I gathered up the gold, and I threw it all away.
James Taylor quotes: I think it surprises a lot of people that I'm still around, you know, still - that I'm not pushing up daisies, as they say. I think it surprises a lot of people that I'm still around, you know, still - that I'm not pushing up daisies, as they say.
James Taylor quotes: I'm trying to look at my blessings and how amazingly well against all odds things have turned out for me. I'm trying to look at my blessings and how amazingly well against all odds things have turned out for me.
James Taylor quotes: I don't read music. I don't write or read music. I don't read music. I don't write or read music.
James Taylor quotes: Music reminds us that the universe loves us Music reminds us that the universe loves us
James Taylor quotes: I can't thank you enough for showing up. It's not the same without you. I can't thank you enough for showing up. It's not the same without you.
James Taylor quotes: The Beatles were a phenomenon, but they were also ordinary blokes like anyone else. I was lucky enough to see that side. The Beatles were a phenomenon, but they were also ordinary blokes like anyone else. I was lucky enough to see that side.
James Taylor quotes: Certain things in life are more important than the usual crap that everyone strives for. Certain things in life are more important than the usual crap that everyone strives for.
James Taylor quotes: I believe musicians have a duty, a responsibility to reach out, to share your love or pain with others. I believe musicians have a duty, a responsibility to reach out, to share your love or pain with others.
James Taylor quotes: There'll come a writing phase where you have to defend the time, unplug the phone and put in the hours to get it done. There'll come a writing phase where you have to defend the time, unplug the phone and put in the hours to get it done.
James Taylor quotes: I can take criticisms but not compliments. I can take criticisms but not compliments.
James Taylor quotes: I told you that I love you, I was only telling a lie. I'll be long gone come the crack of dawn and I believe the word is goodbye. I told you that I love you, I was only telling a lie. I'll be long gone come the crack of dawn and I believe the word is goodbye.
James Taylor quotes: It's probably foolish to expect relationships to go on forever and to say that because something only lasts 10 years, it's a failure. It's probably foolish to expect relationships to go on forever and to say that because something only lasts 10 years, it's a failure.
James Taylor quotes: Never give up, never slow down, never grow old and never ever die young. Never give up, never slow down, never grow old and never ever die young.
James Taylor quotes: The Test arena is a place I have been desperate to get back to, it is the pinnacle of the sport The Test arena is a place I have been desperate to get back to, it is the pinnacle of the sport
James Taylor quotes: I think there's probably a God-shaped hole in everybody's being. Even if God only exists in people's minds, He's still a force. I think there's probably a God-shaped hole in everybody's being. Even if God only exists in people's minds, He's still a force.
James Taylor quotes: The relationship, the marriage, the commitment, the partnership ... This is the holy ground. The relationship, the marriage, the commitment, the partnership ... This is the holy ground.
James Taylor quotes: If you think my music is sentimental and self-absorbed, I agree with you. If you think my music is sentimental and self-absorbed, I agree with you.
James Taylor quotes: Whenever I see your smiling face, I have to smile myself, because I love you, yes I do. Whenever I see your smiling face, I have to smile myself, because I love you, yes I do.
James Taylor quotes: I enjoy selling my music. I don't enjoy selling myself. I enjoy selling my music. I don't enjoy selling myself.
James Taylor quotes: The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time. The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.
James Taylor quotes: I'm glad that I still have the ability to tour in Europe. I do love it. I'm glad that I still have the ability to tour in Europe. I do love it.
James Taylor quotes: A concert is always like a feast day to me. A concert is always like a feast day to me.
James Taylor quotes: Turn away from your animal kind, try to leave your body, just to live in your mind. Turn away from your animal kind, try to leave your body, just to live in your mind.
James Taylor quotes: I don't think anyone really says anything new. I don't think anyone really says anything new.
James Taylor quotes: I started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I could. I started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I could.
James Taylor quotes: I believe 100 percent in the power and importance of music. I believe 100 percent in the power and importance of music.
James Taylor quotes: I don't play the kind of music that works in a football stadium. I don't play the kind of music that works in a football stadium.
James Taylor quotes: Shower the people you love with love. Shower the people you love with love.
James Taylor quotes: I don't read music. I don't write it. So I wander around on the guitar until something starts to present itself. I don't read music. I don't write it. So I wander around on the guitar until something starts to present itself.
James Taylor quotes: Ireland, Italy and Brazil are the most musical places for me. They're extremely musical cultures and anything you pitch they basically catch. Ireland, Italy and Brazil are the most musical places for me. They're extremely musical cultures and anything you pitch they basically catch.
James Taylor quotes: I had a very moral upbringing, and spiritual in a sort of not very specific way. I had a very moral upbringing, and spiritual in a sort of not very specific way.
James Taylor quotes: I don't build no heathen temples, where the Lord has done laid a hand. There's a well on the hill, let it be. I don't build no heathen temples, where the Lord has done laid a hand. There's a well on the hill, let it be.
James Taylor quotes: Songwriting is too mysterious and uncontrolled a process for me to direct it towards any one thing. Songwriting is too mysterious and uncontrolled a process for me to direct it towards any one thing.
James Taylor quotes: It's true that I can write a song and not really be sure what the meaning of it is. It's true that I can write a song and not really be sure what the meaning of it is.
James Taylor quotes: I find it a lot healthier for me to be someplace where I can go outside in my bare feet. I find it a lot healthier for me to be someplace where I can go outside in my bare feet.
James Taylor quotes: I think that we're all totally isolated beings and always will be. I think that we're all totally isolated beings and always will be.
James Taylor quotes: I was in chemical jail. I was in chemical jail.
James Taylor quotes: Though the body sleeps, the heart will never rest. Though the body sleeps, the heart will never rest.
James Taylor quotes: Knowing when to quit is probably a very important thing, but I just am not ready. Knowing when to quit is probably a very important thing, but I just am not ready.
James Taylor quotes: I'm looking forward to being able to retire from being a public figure and being able to afford to be myself! I'm looking forward to being able to retire from being a public figure and being able to afford to be myself!
James Taylor quotes: People have used my songs and guitar style to teach guitar for a long time. People have used my songs and guitar style to teach guitar for a long time.
James Taylor quotes: Try not to try to hard, it's just a lovely ride;) Try not to try to hard, it's just a lovely ride;)
James Taylor quotes: I tend to write out the first iteration of a lyric here and then go over here and make variations on it, on the page opposite. I tend to write out the first iteration of a lyric here and then go over here and make variations on it, on the page opposite.
James Taylor quotes: It's the nature of human consciousness to look for trouble constantly, and we find it. We find it. It's the nature of human consciousness to look for trouble constantly, and we find it. We find it.
James Taylor quotes: Winter, spring, summer, or fall, all you gotta do is call, and I'll be there, 'cause you've got a friend. Winter, spring, summer, or fall, all you gotta do is call, and I'll be there, 'cause you've got a friend.
James Taylor quotes: I know now one thing only matters in these days ... true love ... love and love alone. I know now one thing only matters in these days ... true love ... love and love alone.
James Taylor quotes: I was a functional addict. I was a functional addict.
James Taylor quotes: Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place in terms of what's important and what's not. Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place in terms of what's important and what's not.
James Taylor quotes: That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind. That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind.
James Taylor quotes: If I were to try to identify a turning point I'd say that was it - getting clean. If I were to try to identify a turning point I'd say that was it - getting clean.
James Taylor quotes: I don't find the songs; they find me. I just strum my guitar and wait for a lyric to come. I don't find the songs; they find me. I just strum my guitar and wait for a lyric to come.
James Taylor quotes: Somehow it helps just to take something that's internal and externalize it, to see it in front of you. Somehow it helps just to take something that's internal and externalize it, to see it in front of you.
James Taylor quotes: If you feel like singing along, don't. If you feel like singing along, don't.
James Taylor quotes: Baby booty, juicy fruity, truck stop cutie, road side beauty, I'm in love with you. Baby booty, juicy fruity, truck stop cutie, road side beauty, I'm in love with you.
James Taylor quotes: Don't be sad cause your sun is down, the night doesn't need your sorrow. Don't be sad cause the light is gone, just keep your mind on tomorrow. Don't be sad cause your sun is down, the night doesn't need your sorrow. Don't be sad cause the light is gone, just keep your mind on tomorrow.
James Taylor quotes: I don't take compliments very easily. I think most musicians suffer from low self-esteem to some extent. I don't take compliments very easily. I think most musicians suffer from low self-esteem to some extent.
James Taylor quotes: What I've always done as an entertainer is try to come up with things that people will find interesting, or compelling, or humorous. What I've always done as an entertainer is try to come up with things that people will find interesting, or compelling, or humorous.
James Taylor quotes: Fortunately, it doesn't seem to have made a lot of difference to my audience that I'm as bald as a billiard ball! Fortunately, it doesn't seem to have made a lot of difference to my audience that I'm as bald as a billiard ball!
James Taylor quotes: We could never have guessed We were already blessed where we are ... We could never have guessed
We were already blessed
where we are ...
James Taylor quotes: I sometimes wonder how many of these lifetime achievement awards you can accept before you have to do the decent thing and die. I sometimes wonder how many of these lifetime achievement awards you can accept before you have to do the decent thing and die.

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