"['Fire and Rain'] is sort of almost uncomfortably……" — James Taylor
"['Fire and Rain'] is sort of almost uncomfortably close. Almost confessional. The reason I could write a song like that at that point, and probably couldn't now, is that I didn't have any sense that anyone would hear it. I started writing the song while I was in London...and I was totally unknown.... So I assumed that they would never be heard. I could just write or say anything I wanted. Now I'm very aware, and I have to deal with my stage fright and my anxiety about people examining or judging it. The idea that people will pass judgment on it is not a useful thought."
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151 Quotes by James Taylor
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Shower the people you love with love Show them the way that you feel Things are gonna work out fine…
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Never give up, never slow down, never grow old and never ever die young.
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