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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

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James Taylor
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 12
Guitarist
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
James Vernon Taylor
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In my mind I'm going to Carolina. Can't you see the sunshine, can't you just feel the moonshine? Ain't it just like a friend of mine, to hit me from behind, and I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind.
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You have to choose whether to love yourself or not.
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I think good music makes you feel free, and if people feel free when they come to a show or listen to my music, that would mean the world to me.
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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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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.
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I think that we're all totally isolated beings and always will be.
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It's a real wrenching thing to go from being a private person to being a public person, especially when you're being autobiographical.
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If you feel like singing along, don't.
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I collect hats. That's what you do when you're bald.
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Music reminds us that the universe loves us
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Don't be sad cause your sun is down, the night doesn't need your sorrow. Don't be sad cause the light is gone, just keep your mind on tomorrow.
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I don't build no heathen temples, where the Lord has done laid a hand. There's a well on the hill, let it be.
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Sobering up was responsible for breaking up my marriage. That's what it couldn't stand.
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I know now one thing only matters in these days... true love... love and love alone.
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There ain't no doubt in my mind that love is the finest thing around
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Bruce Springsteen's a rock star. Elton John is a rock star. I'm a folk musician. Honestly, I think that's true.
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I was in chemical jail.
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But it's only after you've played it on the road 20 or 30 times that it becomes really finished and polished...and you realize what it means, and you get the phrasing right.
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I'm grateful to my audience, that there are people who will buy a ticket and come and see us play and who essentially support me and this life of music.
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I don't get into heavy political numbers because I don't find them lyrical.
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