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Once you get that two-way energy thing going, everyone benefits hugely. — James Taylor

I can't think of any punk who's put on an acoustic and hasn't just tried to sound like James Taylor. — Buzz Osborne

Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose
Won't you let me go down in my dreams? — James Taylor

To me, very much of what is artistic is people's very creative and inventive ways out of impossible situations. — James Taylor

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

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

Things started to get out of control when I began reading that I was a superstar. — James Taylor

Sobering up was responsible for breaking up my marriage. That's what it couldn't stand. — James Taylor

Television news is now entertainment, and the stories are being written by the people that have a special interest in them. — James Taylor

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

No one can tell me that I'm doing wrong. — James Taylor

Seriously, Taylor - do you know who I am?" he demanded.
She smiled at this. "You celebrities actually say that? That's cute. — Julie James

It was like the top of the roof came off the house, .. He had that effect on everyone. — James Taylor

The best thing is when you hear somebody take your song and make something great of it. — James Taylor

I wanted to perform, I wanted to write songs, and I wanted to get lots of chicks. — James Taylor

Within my heart is carved a sculpture of your love. — James Taylor

Do me wrong, do me right, tell me lies, but hold me tight. — James Taylor

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

I don't get into heavy political numbers because I don't find them lyrical. — James Taylor

You know, Taylor, I told his manager that your reputation in this firm is that you can go head-to-head with any man. And win. — Julie James

Taylor: He's been hell on wheels the last few days. Glad we're here. — E.L. James

Time will take your money, but money won't buy time. — James Taylor

I am myself for a living. I don't animate a character. — James Taylor

You have to choose whether to love yourself or not. — James Taylor

I think that for him, I'd risk everything."
~ Taylor — Julie James

Music is like a huge release of tension. — James Taylor

Creativity is the process that gives life to a new product. — James Taylor

We all have to face pain, and pain makes us grow. — James Taylor

Well if this is really happening, and this psycho really did kidnap us, I want food. — L. Taylor

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

If the gig's going really well, I'm incredibly happy on stage and really feel good about my life and things. — James Taylor

Not by discussions nor by argument, but by lifting up Christ shall we draw men unto Him. — James Hudson Taylor

I really love all types of music. I'm really open to that. I really love Bruno Mars, Justin Timberlake and some James Taylor and Elton John stuff. — Hailee Steinfeld

There ain't no doubt in my mind that love is the finest thing around — James Taylor

God uses men who are weak and feeble enough to lean on him. — James Hudson Taylor

Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground — James Taylor

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

Music reminds us that the universe loves us — James Taylor

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

I don't find the songs; they find me. I just strum my guitar and wait for a lyric to come. — James Taylor

If I were to try to identify a turning point I'd say that was it - getting clean. — James Taylor

If you feel like singing along, don't. — James Taylor

Baby booty, juicy fruity, truck stop cutie, road side beauty, I'm in love with you. — James Taylor

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

I don't take compliments very easily. I think most musicians suffer from low self-esteem to some extent. — James Taylor

Yes, Taylor learned at a very young age that the only way to get boys to shut up and play fairly was to show them that you took crap from no one. — Julie James

It's the nature of human consciousness to look for trouble constantly, and we find it. We find it. — James Taylor

Somehow it helps just to take something that's internal and externalize it, to see it in front of you. — James Taylor

There are three stages to every great work of God; first it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done. — James Hudson Taylor

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

I could do James Taylor, Neil Young, and sound just like them. — Robin Zander

I believe musicians have a duty, a responsibility to reach out, to share your love or pain with others. — James Taylor

Certain things in life are more important than the usual crap that everyone strives for. — James Taylor

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

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

Never give up, never slow down, never grow old and never ever die young. — James Taylor

That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind. — James Taylor

Jesus is our strength, and what we cannot do or bear, He can both do and bear in us. — James Hudson Taylor

Well? What do you have to say to that?" Jason asked.
Taylor cocked her head. "Don't you think we should have sex first? — Julie James

In nothing do we fail more, as a Mission, than in lack of tact and politeness. — James Hudson Taylor

Winter, spring, summer, or fall, all you gotta do is call, and I'll be there, 'cause you've got a friend. — James Taylor

I know now one thing only matters in these days ... true love ... love and love alone. — James Taylor

I was a functional addict. — James Taylor

James Taylor and God are the reasons I play music. — Garth Brooks

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

Knowing when to quit is probably a very important thing, but I just am not ready. — James Taylor

Songwriting is too mysterious and uncontrolled a process for me to direct it towards any one thing. — James Taylor

I started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I could. — James Taylor

God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply. — James Hudson Taylor

All God's giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reackoned on God being with them. — James Hudson Taylor

I find it a lot healthier for me to be someplace where I can go outside in my bare feet. — James Taylor

I think that we're all totally isolated beings and always will be. — James Taylor

I was in chemical jail. — James Taylor

Though the body sleeps, the heart will never rest. — James Taylor

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

I started writing when I was 17. I got an acoustic guitar for my birthday after I discovered Bob Dylan and James Taylor. — Jason Reeves

The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed. — James Hudson Taylor

I'm looking forward to being able to retire from being a public figure and being able to afford to be myself! — James Taylor

God isn't looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him. — James Hudson Taylor

People have used my songs and guitar style to teach guitar for a long time. — James Taylor

Try not to try to hard, it's just a lovely ride;) — James Taylor

I can take criticisms but not compliments. — James Taylor

[God] wants you to have something far better than riches and gold, and that is helpless dependence upon Him. — James Hudson Taylor

I don't play the kind of music that works in a football stadium. — James Taylor

It is not so much the greatness of our troubles, as the littleness of our spirit, which makes us complain. — James Hudson Taylor

You want sympathy, go fuck James Taylor. — Joe Hill

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

We could never have guessed
We were already blessed
where we are ... — James Taylor

I sometimes wonder how many of these lifetime achievement awards you can accept before you have to do the decent thing and die. — James Taylor

I write heavily under the influence of James Taylor. — Carole King

It's true that I can write a song and not really be sure what the meaning of it is. — James Taylor

I believe 100 percent in the power and importance of music. — James Taylor

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

Memories, James thought, thank God we have them. They help us to recall what's long gone, and we can live again in the past with those we once loved. — Barbara Taylor Bradford

When I cannot read, when I cannot think, when I cannot even pray, I can trust. — James Hudson Taylor

Shower the people you love with love. — James Taylor

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

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

I had a very moral upbringing, and spiritual in a sort of not very specific way. — James Taylor

I love James Taylor, Jeff Buckley, Elliott Smith and Nine Inch Nails. — Nat Wolff