James Taylor quotes - page 3

Somehow it helps just to take something that's internal and externalize it, to see it in front of you. (James Taylor)
I was in chemical jail. View quote
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One of my earliest memories was me singing 'Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' at the top of my voice when I was seven. I got totally carried away. My grandmother, Sarah, was in the next room. I didn't even realise she was there. I was terribly embarrassed. View quote
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I have a studio in a barn at home - we rehearse there, we film there and we record there. It's fun to hang out with my guys and see what comes out next. View quote
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I can take criticisms but not compliments. View quote
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If you feel like singing along, don't. View quote
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I played the cello from when I was ten, and then I bought a guitar from the father of some friends of mine and played that for a while. And then when I was fourteen or so, I bought a guitar - a real nice one - in Durham, North Carolina, that I worked with up until I was about twenty-five. View quote
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I don't take compliments very easily. I think most musicians suffer from low self-esteem to some extent. View quote
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Americans work a long away ahead of themselves because of the size of the place. To make any impact at all you have to promote yourself with live performances ages before a release. View quote
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I was a functional addict. View quote
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Music is my living. I enjoy selling my music. (James Taylor)
I am myself for a living. I don't animate a character. View quote
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I think people are isolated because of the nature of human consciousness, and they like it when they feel the connection between themselves and someone else. View quote
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I had a very moral upbringing, and spiritual in a sort of not very specific way. View quote
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If you think my music is sentimental and self-absorbed, I agree with you. View quote
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Knowing when to quit is probably a very important thing, but I just am not ready. View quote
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Television news is now entertainment, and the stories are being written by the people that have a special interest in them. View quote
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I think that we're all totally isolated beings and always will be. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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)
The Beatles were a phenomenon, but they were also ordinary blokes like anyone else. I was lucky enough to see that side. View quote
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I don't get into heavy political numbers because I don't find them lyrical. View quote
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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. View quote
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I don't know much about God. But if everything does originate with God, then certainly songs do as well. View quote
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