Somehow it helps just to take something that's internal and externalize it, to see it in front of you. — James Taylor Externalize Copy Share Image
I think it surprises a lot of people that I'm still around, you know, still - that I'm not pushing up daisies,… — James Taylor Daisies Copy Share Image
“Karen, she's a silver sun. You best walk her way and watch it shining...watch her watch the morning come.” — James Taylor Karen Copy Share Image
Winter, spring, summer, or fall, all you gotta do is call, and I'll be there, 'cause you've got a friend. — James Taylor Causes Copy Share Image
There'll come a writing phase where you have to defend the time, unplug the phone and put in the hours to get… — James Taylor Done Copy Share Image
I sometimes wonder how many of these lifetime achievement awards you can accept before you have to do the decent thing and… — James Taylor Accepting Copy Share Image
Certain things in life are more important than the usual crap that everyone strives for. — James Taylor Certain Copy Share Image
Songwriting is too mysterious and uncontrolled a process for me to direct it towards any one thing. — James Taylor Direct Copy Share Image
In my mind I'm going to Carolina. Can't you see the sunshine, can't you just feel the moonshine? Ain't it just like… — James Taylor Behinds Copy Share Image
If you're an addict, it controls your life and your life becomes uncontrollable. It's boring and painful, filling your system with something… — James Taylor Addict Copy Share Image
Performing is a profound experience, at least for me. It's not as if I sit down and play 'Fire and Rain' by… — James Taylor Again Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a highly spiritual person, but without - I was never really given a religion or a religious… — James Taylor Catholic Copy Share Image
I would advise you to keep your overhead down; avoid a major drug habit; play everyday, and take it front of other… — James Taylor Advise Copy Share Image
A song is what you fall in love with first, but then I think a band's ideals and a band's sense of… — James Taylor Band Copy Share Image
There's been plenty of adversity, starting the moment he was born. He had a respiratory crisis, and it was touch and go… — James Taylor Adversity Copy Share Image
I've seen fire and I've seen rain. I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end. — James Taylor Fire Copy Share Image
I started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I could. — James Taylor Pretending Copy Share Image
I'm looking forward to being able to retire from being a public figure and being able to afford to be myself! — James Taylor Able Copy Share Image
I don't find the songs; they find me. I just strum my guitar and wait for a lyric to come. — James Taylor Find me Copy Share Image
Shower the people you love with love Show them the way that you feel Things are gonna work out fine if you… — James Taylor Feels Copy Share Image
The best thing is when you hear somebody take your song and make something great of it. — James Taylor Best Copy Share Image
Television news is now entertainment, and the stories are being written by the people that have a special interest in them. — James Taylor Entertainment Copy Share Image
It won't be long before another day, were gonna have a good time. And no ones gonna take that time away. You… — James Taylor Another day Copy Share Image
I had a very moral upbringing, and spiritual in a sort of not very specific way. — James Taylor Catholic Copy Share Image
If I were to try to identify a turning point I'd say that was it - getting clean. — James Taylor Clean Copy Share Image
Maybe my biggest aim is to bring a sense of that old mystery of rock 'n' roll into the new age of… — James Taylor Age Copy Share Image
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 Bruce springsteen Copy Share Image
Well, there's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things to come. — James Taylor Telephone Copy Share Image
Well, they'll take your soul if you let them, oh yeah, but don't you let them. — James Taylor Oh yeah Copy Share Image
I think good music makes you feel free, and if people feel free when they come to a show or listen to… — James Taylor Feel free Copy Share Image
