“ 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
“ I find it a lot healthier for me to be someplace where I can go outside in my bare feet. 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 el… James Taylor
“ When you write a song, it may come from a personal space, but it very seldom actually represents you. It comes out of a sort of mood of melancholy, somehow. It's almost theatrical. James Taylor
“ I have a love-hate relationship with the Grammys because I don't see the music world as a competitive sport. 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… James Taylor
“ 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
“ I was a huge Beatles fan. We could talk about who I listened to growing up and what my sources were, but certainly the Beatles were a late, important resource for me, and I just took my guitar and a h… James Taylor
“ Sobering up was responsible for breaking up my marriage. That's what it couldn't stand. 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
“ 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 c… 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… 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
