I had a very moral upbringing, and spiritual in a sort of not very specific way. James Taylor More Quotes by James Taylor More Quotes From James Taylor I don't play the kind of music that works in a football stadium. James Taylor kindplayfootball Turn away from your animal kind, try to leave your body, just to live in your mind. James Taylor mindanimalphilosophy Fortunately, it doesn't seem to have made a lot of difference to my audience that I'm as bald as a billiard ball! James Taylor ballsdifferencesmade 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. James Taylor naturepeoplethinking I don't take compliments very easily. I think most musicians suffer from low self-esteem to some extent. James Taylor self-esteemsufferingthinking In the old days gigging was everything. The whole of life was about gigs. Everything was about waiting for the gig and then doing the gig and going nuts and then afterwards the party and all the stuff that goes with it. And then that party continues through your twenties and thirties. I'm now 51, and it's still very much in my blood, but I'm really hard pushed... the gig is the party for me now. James Taylor partynutsblood That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind. James Taylor motivationalattentionart Songwriting is too mysterious and uncontrolled a process for me to direct it towards any one thing. James Taylor songwritingmysteriousprocess I would advise you to keep your overhead down; avoid a major drug habit; play everyday, and take it front of other people. They need to hear it, and you need them to hear it. James Taylor musicplaypeople You have to choose whether to love yourself or not. James Taylor love-yourself I don't read music. I don't write it. So I wander around on the guitar until something starts to present itself. James Taylor guitar-musicguitarwriting The SECRET to Love is in OPENING up your Heart James Taylor opening-upheartlove-is All it really needed was the proper point of view. No one's gonna bring me down. James Taylor point-of-viewviewsinspirational Ireland, Italy and Brazil are the most musical places for me. They're extremely musical cultures and anything you pitch they basically catch. James Taylor brazilmusicalculture We all have to face pain, and pain makes us grow. James Taylor growspainfaces Winter, spring, summer, or fall, all you gotta do is call, and I'll be there, 'cause you've got a friend. James Taylor summerspringfriendship Won't you look down upon me Jesus, you've got to help me make a stand. You just got to see me through another day. James Taylor religiousreligionjesus I was in chemical jail. James Taylor chemicalsjail If you're an addict, it controls your life and your life becomes uncontrollable. It's boring and painful, filling your system with something that makes you stare at your shoes for six hours. James Taylor shoessixboring There's been plenty of adversity, starting the moment he was born. He had a respiratory crisis, and it was touch and go for a week whether he would survive. I think ever since, you can feel this pulse in the guy, an almost physical enthusiasm. James Taylor adversityguythinking
