I can't thank you enough for showing up. It's not the same without you. James Taylor More Quotes by James Taylor More Quotes From James Taylor A concert is always like a feast day to me. James Taylor concerts If the gig's going really well, I'm incredibly happy on stage and really feel good about my life and things. James Taylor gigsstagefeel-good Americans work a long away ahead of themselves because of the size of the place. To make any impact at all you have to promote yourself with live performances ages before a release. James Taylor impactagelong What I've always done as an entertainer is try to come up with things that people will find interesting, or compelling, or humorous. James Taylor humorouspeopleinteresting But it's only after you've played it on the road 20 or 30 times that it becomes really finished and polished...and you realize what it means, and you get the phrasing right. James Taylor realizingwritingmean When I cleaned up some 17 odd years ago, I felt terrible for about six months. The only thing that gave me any real relief was strenuous physical activity. James Taylor monthsrealyears Photographers and reporters are mostly after me. They want to know what I read and what I'm like and I don't really know myself, so how can I tell them? James Taylor reportersphotographerwant I think that we're all totally isolated beings and always will be. James Taylor isolatedthinking One of my earliest memories was me singing 'Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' at the top of my voice when I was seven. I got totally carried away. My grandmother, Sarah, was in the next room. I didn't even realise she was there. I was terribly embarrassed. James Taylor grandmotherbeautifulmemories 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 rocksstarsthinking I'm very unstable; there's no stability in a musician's life at all. You live on a bus or on the road hand to mouth and you don't know where your money's coming from. James Taylor musicianmouthshands I think that American music, for me, it's a synthesis of a lot of different things. But for me growing up in North Carolina, the stuff that I was listening to, the things that I was hearing, it was all about Black music, about soul music. James Taylor growing-upsoulthinking I don't think anyone really says anything new. James Taylor say-anythingthinking I have a studio in a barn at home - we rehearse there, we film there and we record there. It's fun to hang out with my guys and see what comes out next. James Taylor guyhomefun Quart of whiskey a day for months working hard on a long poem. Wife hiding bottles, myself hiding bottles. Murderous and suicidal. Many hospitalizations, many alibis. James Taylor suicidalwifelong I wanted to perform, I wanted to write songs, and I wanted to get lots of chicks. James Taylor chickswritingsong It was like the top of the roof came off the house, .. He had that effect on everyone. James Taylor effectsroofhouse I tend to write out the first iteration of a lyric here and then go over here and make variations on it, on the page opposite. James Taylor pagesoppositeswriting O, it's enough to be on your way. It's enough just to cover ground. It's enough to be moving on. Home: better build it behind your eyes. Carry it in your heart, Safe among your own. James Taylor homeheartmoving The sides are steep and the nights are long and cold down in the hole, light and love and the world above mean nothing to the mole. James Taylor philosophynightmean
