I started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I could. James Taylor More Quotes by James Taylor More Quotes From James Taylor Shower the people you love with love Show them the way that you feel Things are gonna work out fine if you only will. James Taylor lovepeacepeople Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place in terms of what's important and what's not. James Taylor waterfallmoving I typically will work on a lyric in a three-ring binder. On the right side, I'll write the lyric, and on the left side, I put in alternate things...and things that might be alternates or improvements. I'll turn the page and do it again. I'll turn the page and do it again, or incorporate the improvements. Eventually, I end up with some material, and often it needs to be ordered. James Taylor threewritingneeds Television news is now entertainment, and the stories are being written by the people that have a special interest in them. James Taylor newsspecialpeople I feel like if you let someone else create your vision, then it's not true to your band. No one can ever do as good as you want, or as good as you can yourself. James Taylor vision To be a musician, especially a singer-songwriter - well, you don't do that if you have a thriving social life. You do it because there's an element of alienation in your life. James Taylor elementsmusicianwriting I'm glad about what's happening to the music business. This last crop of people we had in the 90s, who are going away now, they didn't like music. They didn't trust musicians. They wanted something else from it. James Taylor going-awaylastspeople The report falsely asserts that global warming is causing more extreme weather events, more droughts, more record high temperatures, more wildfires, warmer winters, etc., when each and every one of these false assertions is contradicted by objective, verifiable evidence. James Taylor eventswinterweather I sometimes wonder how many of these lifetime achievement awards you can accept before you have to do the decent thing and die. James Taylor achievementawardssometimes To me, very much of what is artistic is people's very creative and inventive ways out of impossible situations. James Taylor impossible-situationscreativepeople I've written a number of songs over the years and it's a big part of my life, this sort of tension between a longing for home and the call for the open road. It's sort of like a tug between two families. I even love to miss my home. James Taylor homesongtwo Baby booty, juicy fruity, truck stop cutie, road side beauty, I'm in love with you. James Taylor qualitylove-youbaby Let us turn our thoughts today to Martin Luther King and recognize that there are ties between us, all men and women living on the Earth. Ties of hope and love, sister and brotherhood, that we are bound together in our desire to see the world become a place in which our children can grow free and strong. We are bound together by the task that stands before us and the road that lies ahead. We are bound and we are bound. James Taylor strongkingsspiritual Maybe my biggest aim is to bring a sense of that old mystery of rock 'n' roll into the new age of today's instantaneous and fast world. James Taylor mysteryageworld If you think my music is sentimental and self-absorbed, I agree with you. James Taylor sentimentalselfthinking It is the most delightful thing that ever happens to me, when I hear something coming out of my guitar and out of my mouth that wasn't there before. James Taylor coming-outguitarmouths Music is like a huge release of tension. James Taylor releasetensionmusic-is 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. James Taylor emotionaldiscoverysong 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. James Taylor addictionwatchespeople Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose James Taylor let-me-gocolordream
