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
county mind move
They do need a place to move to, keep that in mind, county commissioners.
port somehow tie
We're the only deep-water port in Skagit County. Somehow we don't want to tie it all up with restaurants.
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There are a dozen or so songs people are expecting to hear, ... You don't do them all, but you put six or seven of those songs in the set. And you try to vary the arrangement of things that are familiar.
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Though 'Fire and Rain' is very personal, for other people it resonates as a sort of commonly held experience... And that's what happens with me. I write things for personal reasons, and then in some cases it... can be a shared experience.
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You have to brace yourself for the smell. It is a really bad stench. It is disgusting, absolutely disgusting.
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When you write a song, it may come from a personal space, but it very seldom actually represents you. It comes out of a sort of mood of melancholy, somehow. It's almost theatrical.
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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.
song doe wells
I don't know much about God. But if everything does originate with God, then certainly songs do as well.
philosophy animal mind
Turn away from your animal kind, try to leave your body, just to live in your mind.
music stars pain
I believe musicians have a duty, a responsibility to reach out, to share your love or pain with others.
time money time-management
Time will take your money, but money won't buy time.
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['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.
time secret musician
The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.