Shower the people you love with love. James Taylor More Quotes by James Taylor More Quotes From James Taylor 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 water fall moving 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 three writing needs Television news is now entertainment, and the stories are being written by the people that have a special interest in them. James Taylor news special people 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 elements musician writing 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-away lasts people 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 events winter weather 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 achievement awards sometimes To me, very much of what is artistic is people's very creative and inventive ways out of impossible situations. James Taylor impossible-situations creative people 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 home song two Baby booty, juicy fruity, truck stop cutie, road side beauty, I'm in love with you. James Taylor quality love-you baby 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 strong kings spiritual 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 mystery age world If you think my music is sentimental and self-absorbed, I agree with you. James Taylor sentimental self thinking I started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I could. James Taylor pretending songwriting writing-songs 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-out guitar mouths Music is like a huge release of tension. James Taylor release tension music-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 emotional discovery song 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 addiction watches people Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose James Taylor let-me-go color dream