All James Taylor Quotes
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
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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.
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Once you get that two-way energy thing going, everyone benefits hugely.
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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.
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Somehow it helps just to take something that's internal and externalize it, to see it in front of you.
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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.
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If I were to try to identify a turning point I'd say that was it - getting clean.
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I don't take compliments very easily. I think most musicians suffer from low self-esteem to some extent.
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I don't read music. I don't write it. So I wander around on the guitar until something starts to present itself.
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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.
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