It was like the top of the roof came off the house, .. He had that effect on everyone. — James Taylor Copy Share Image
The Beatles were a phenomenon, but they were also ordinary blokes like anyone else. I was lucky enough to see that side. — James Taylor Beatles Copy Share Image
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 Failure Copy Share Image
I gathered up my sorrows and I sold them all for gold. And I gathered up the gold, and I threw it… — James Taylor Gold Copy Share Image
I don't build no heathen temples, where the Lord has done laid a hand. There's a well on the hill, let it… — James Taylor Copy Share Image
I have a love-hate relationship with the Grammys because I don't see the music world as a competitive sport. — James Taylor Copy Share Image
Close your eyes and think of me and soon I will be there to brighten up even your darkest nights. — James Taylor Copy Share Image
I know now one thing only matters in these days... true love... love and love alone. — James Taylor Alone in love 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 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 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 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 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 Copy Share Image
Americans work a long away ahead of themselves because of the size of the place. To make any impact at all you… — James Taylor Americans Copy Share Image
I think that American music, for me, it's a synthesis of a lot of different things. But for me growing up in… — James Taylor Copy Share Image
It's true that I can write a song and not really be sure what the meaning of it is. — James Taylor Copy Share Image
It's easier to make an album, harder to figure out how to get people to notice it. — James Taylor Albums Copy Share Image
Won't you look down upon me Jesus, you've got to help me make a stand. You just got to see me through… — James Taylor Copy Share Image
Winter, spring, summer, or fall, all you have to do is call and I'll be there, yeah, yeah, you've got a friend. — James Taylor Copy Share Image
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 Autobiographical Copy Share Image
If I were to try to identify a turning point I'd say that was it - getting clean. — James Taylor 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
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 Copy Share Image
Well, they'll take your soul if you let them, oh yeah, but don't you let them. — James Taylor Copy Share Image
Well, there's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things to come. — James Taylor 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 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 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
The best thing is when you hear somebody take your song and make something great of it. — James Taylor 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 Copy Share Image
Songwriting is too mysterious and uncontrolled a process for me to direct it towards any one thing. — James Taylor 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 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 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 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 Copy Share Image
Certain things in life are more important than the usual crap that everyone strives for. — James Taylor Copy Share Image
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… — James Taylor Copy Share Image
