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 More Quotes by James Taylor More Quotes From James Taylor If the gig's going really well, I'm incredibly happy on stage and really feel good about my life and things. James Taylor gigs stage feel-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 impact age long 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 humorous people interesting 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 realizing writing mean 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 months real years 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 reporters photographer want I think that we're all totally isolated beings and always will be. James Taylor isolated thinking 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 grandmother beautiful memories 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 rocks stars thinking 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 musician mouths hands 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-up soul thinking I don't think anyone really says anything new. James Taylor say-anything thinking 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 guy home fun 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 suicidal wife long I can't thank you enough for showing up. It's not the same without you. James Taylor showing-up thankfulness enough I wanted to perform, I wanted to write songs, and I wanted to get lots of chicks. James Taylor chicks writing song It was like the top of the roof came off the house, .. He had that effect on everyone. James Taylor effects roof house 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 pages opposites writing 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 home heart moving 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 philosophy night mean
