All it really needed was the proper point of view. No one's gonna bring me down. James Taylor More Quotes by James Taylor More Quotes From James Taylor Knowing when to quit is probably a very important thing, but I just am not ready. James Taylor quitting important knowing I have a love-hate relationship with the Grammys because I don't see the music world as a competitive sport. James Taylor hate sports world I don't find the songs; they find me. I just strum my guitar and wait for a lyric to come. James Taylor guitar music song I gathered up my sorrows and I sold them all for gold. And I gathered up the gold, and I threw it all away. James Taylor sadness sorrow gold He's halfway sick and halfway stoned. He'd sure like to kick, but he's too far gone. So they wind him down with methadone. James Taylor alcohol sick wind I told you that I love you, I was only telling a lie. I'll be long gone come the crack of dawn and I believe the word is goodbye. James Taylor goodbye believe lying All invisible from where we stand the connections come to pass, and though too strong to comprehend they affect us not the less. James Taylor connections strong philosophy You can bring your enemies to their knees with the possible exception of the North Vietnamese. James Taylor knees revenge enemy I don't build no heathen temples, where the Lord has done laid a hand. There's a well on the hill, let it be. James Taylor religious hands religion I'm looking forward to being able to retire from being a public figure and being able to afford to be myself! James Taylor looking-forward able figures Just nine lucky soldiers had come through the night, half of them wounded and barely alive. Just nine out of twenty was headed for home, with eleven stories to tell. James Taylor soldier home night Do me wrong, do me right, tell me lies, but hold me tight. James Taylor low-self-esteem hold-me lying If I were to try to identify a turning point I'd say that was it - getting clean. James Taylor turning-points cleaning trying I'm grateful to my audience, that there are people who will buy a ticket and come and see us play and who essentially support me and this life of music. James Taylor grateful play people The relationship, the marriage, the commitment, the partnership... This is the holy ground. James Taylor holy-ground partnership commitment I'm always making music. I'm constantly making little musical recordings on my phone or on a little voice recorder I carry with me so I can remember these little pieces of music that eventually becomes songs. James Taylor phones voice song It's easier to make an album, harder to figure out how to get people to notice it. James Taylor easier albums people It's the nature of human consciousness to look for trouble constantly, and we find it. We find it. James Taylor consciousness trouble looks I think of myself as a highly spiritual person, but without - I was never really given a religion or a religious experience or a community to sort of subscribe to. James Taylor religious spiritual thinking I'm often surprised by classical music and musicians. I've met a large number of them because my wife works for the Boston Symphony, and I'm in that world a lot now. I'm surprised at how difficult it is for people who are classically trained to read music or to memorize music, how difficult it is for them to improvise, to just go off and play. It's sort of, it's like terra incognita. They just, (makes noise) they don't get it. James Taylor boston symphony play
