Quotes by James Taylor

About James Taylor:

James Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.
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That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind.

James Taylor

The best thing is when you hear somebody take your song and make something great of it.

James Taylor

Performing is a profound experience, at least for me. It's not as if I sit down and play 'Fire and Rain' by myself, just to hear it again. But to offer it up... the energy that it somehow summons live takes me right back, and I do get a reconnection ...

James Taylor

Though 'Fire and Rain' is very personal, for other people it resonates as a sort of commonly held experience... And that's what happens with me. I write things for personal reasons, and then in some cases it... can be a shared experience.

James Taylor

I know there are people who don't like their audience or like the experience of being recognized or celebrated, but my audience has been very good - they don't bother me and when they do contact me it's usually on the nicest possible terms.

James Taylor

Performing is a profound experience, at least for me.

James Taylor

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

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

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

I find it a lot healthier for me to be someplace where I can go outside in my bare feet.

James Taylor

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

If the gig's going really well, I'm incredibly happy on stage and really feel good about my life and things.

James Taylor

I don't know much about God. But if everything does originate with God, then certainly songs do as well.

James Taylor

Certain things in life are more important than the usual crap that everyone strives for.

James Taylor

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

The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.

James Taylor

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

I believe musicians have a duty, a responsibility to reach out, to share your love or pain with others.

James Taylor

You have to choose whether to love yourself or not.

James Taylor

I'm glad that I still have the ability to tour in Europe. I do love it.

James Taylor

Author Bio

  • NameJames Taylor
  • DescriptionAmerican singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • AliasesJames Vernon Taylor
  • BornMarch 12, 1948
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger-songwriter; Singer; Musician; Writer; Guitarist
  • AwardsNational Medal Of Arts; MusiCares Person Of The Year