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 Copy Share Image
I typically will work on a lyric in a three-ring binder. On the right side, I'll write the lyric, and on the left side, I put in alternate things...and things that might be alternates or improvements. I'll turn the page… — James Taylor Copy Share Image
Something I do love about social media is how you can expand your idea. You can make an extension of your art as opposed… — James Taylor Copy Share
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 Copy Share
O, it's enough to be on your way. It's enough just to cover ground. It's enough to be moving on. Home: better build it… — James Taylor Copy Share
Shower the people you love with love Show them the way that you feel Things are gonna work out fine if you only will. — James Taylor Copy Share
Songs are like myths. Myths are useful because they allow you to cast yourself and your life and your own experience. And for some… — James Taylor Copy Share
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 Copy Share
Songwriting is too mysterious and uncontrolled a process for me to direct it towards any one thing. — James Taylor Copy Share
I had a very moral upbringing, and spiritual in a sort of not very specific way. — James Taylor Copy Share
I believe musicians have a duty, a responsibility to reach out, to share your love or pain with others. — James Taylor Copy Share
It is the most delightful thing that ever happens to me, when I hear something coming out of my guitar and out of my… — James Taylor Copy Share
If you're an addict, it controls your life and your life becomes uncontrollable. It's boring and painful, filling your system with something that makes… — James Taylor Copy Share
I'm often surprised by classical music and musicians. I've met a large number of them because my wife works for the Boston Symphony, and… — James Taylor Copy Share
