James Taylor Quotes, Sayings, Remarks, Thoughts and Speeches



James Taylor Quotes and Sayings


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    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 | Refcard PDF
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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. James Taylor | Refcard PDF
  • 3
    Certain things in life are more important than the usual crap that everyone strives for. James Taylor | Refcard PDF
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    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 | Refcard PDF
  • 5
    I am myself for a living. I don't animate a character. James Taylor | Refcard PDF
  • 6
    I believe 100 percent in the power and importance of music. James Taylor | Refcard PDF
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    I believe musicians have a duty, a responsibility to reach out, to share your love or pain with others. James Taylor | Refcard PDF
  • 8
    I can take criticisms but not compliments. James Taylor | Refcard PDF
  • 9
    I don't know much about God. But if everything does originate with God, then certainly songs do as well. James Taylor | Refcard PDF
  • 10
    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 | Refcard PDF
  • 11
    I don't take compliments very easily. I think most musicians suffer from low self-esteem to some extent. James Taylor | Refcard PDF
  • 12
    I don't think anyone really says anything new. James Taylor | Refcard PDF
  • 13
    I started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I could. James Taylor | Refcard PDF
  • 14
    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 | Refcard PDF
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    I think that we're all totally isolated beings and always will be. James Taylor | Refcard PDF
  • 16
    I was a functional addict. James Taylor | Refcard PDF
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    I was in chemical jail. James Taylor | Refcard PDF
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    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 | Refcard PDF
  • 19
    If I were to try to identify a turning point I'd say that was it - getting clean. James Taylor | Refcard PDF
  • 20
    If the gig's going really well, I'm incredibly happy on stage and really feel good about my life and things. James Taylor | Refcard PDF
  • 21
    If you feel like singing along, don't. James Taylor | Refcard PDF
  • 22
    If you think my music is sentimental and self-absorbed, I agree with you. James Taylor | Refcard PDF
  • 23
    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 | Refcard PDF
  • 24
    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 | Refcard PDF
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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. James Taylor | Refcard PDF
  • 26
    It's hard to find a way forward. When you're 18 it happens in huge chunks every day, but after 20 years, growth is much more costly. James Taylor | Refcard PDF
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    It's probably foolish to expect relationships to go on forever and to say that because something only lasts 10 years, it's a failure. James Taylor | Refcard PDF
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    Knowing when to quit is probably a very important thing, but I just am not ready. James Taylor | Refcard PDF
  • 29
    Music is like a huge release of tension. James Taylor | Refcard PDF
  • 30
    Once you get that two-way energy thing going, everyone benefits hugely. James Taylor | Refcard PDF
  • 31
    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 | Refcard PDF
  • 32
    Sobering up was responsible for breaking up my marriage. That's what it couldn't stand. James Taylor | Refcard PDF
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    Somehow it helps just to take something that's internal and externalize it, to see it in front of you. James Taylor | Refcard PDF
  • 34
    That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind. James Taylor | Refcard PDF
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    The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time. James Taylor | Refcard PDF
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    There'll come a writing phase where you have to defend the time, unplug the phone and put in the hours to get it done. James Taylor | Refcard PDF
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    Time will take your money, but money won't buy time. James Taylor | Refcard PDF
  • 38
    We all have to face pain, and pain makes us grow. James Taylor | Refcard PDF
  • 39
    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 | Refcard PDF
  • 40
    You have to choose whether to love yourself or not. James Taylor | Refcard PDF

 

  

  

 

  

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