240 Quotes by James Taylor

We could never have guessed We were already blessed where we are...

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.

My brother Alex fell in love with rhythm and blues early and gave me a strong dose of it.

Ireland, Italy and Brazil are the most musical places for me. They're extremely musical cultures and anything you pitch they basically catch.

Songwriting is too mysterious and uncontrolled a process for me to direct it towards any one thing.

I would advise you to keep your overhead down; avoid a major drug habit; play everyday, and take it front of other people. They need to hear it, and you need them to hear it.

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.

The SECRET to Love is in OPENING up your Heart

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.