James Taylor
James Taylor
James Vernon Tayloris an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He is one of the best-selling artists of all time, having sold more than 100 million records worldwide...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth12 March 1948
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
heart love-is opening-up
The SECRET to Love is in OPENING up your Heart
writing guitar-music guitar
I don't read music. I don't write it. So I wander around on the guitar until something starts to present itself.
writing phones done
There'll come a writing phase where you have to defend the time, unplug the phone and put in the hours to get it done.
song emotional discovery
It is a process of discovery. It's being quiet enough and undisturbed enough for a period of time so that the songs can begin to sort of peek out, and you begin to have emotional experiences in a musical way.
differences balls made
Fortunately, it doesn't seem to have made a lot of difference to my audience that I'm as bald as a billiard ball!
thinking self sentimental
If you think my music is sentimental and self-absorbed, I agree with you.
nature thinking people
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.
writing-songs pretending songwriting
I started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I could.
song rain writing
['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.
feet bare-feet i-can
I find it a lot healthier for me to be someplace where I can go outside in my bare feet.
believe importance percent
I believe 100 percent in the power and importance of music.
No one can tell me that I'm doing wrong.
self-esteem thinking suffering
I don't take compliments very easily. I think most musicians suffer from low self-esteem to some extent.
addiction people watches
People should watch out for three things: avoid a major addiction, don't get so deeply into debt that it controls your life, and don't start a family before you're ready to settle down.