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I don't get into heavy political numbers because I don't find them lyrical.

James Taylor

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James Taylor
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 12
Guitarist
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
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Boston
Massachusetts
James Vernon Taylor
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If you feel like singing along, don't.
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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.
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What I've always done as an entertainer is try to come up with things that people will find interesting, or compelling, or humorous.
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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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All invisible from where we stand the connections come to pass, and though too strong to comprehend they affect us not the less.
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Music reminds us that the universe loves us
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I think it surprises a lot of people that I'm still around, you know, still - that I'm not pushing up daisies, as they say.
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It's true that I can write a song and not really be sure what the meaning of it is.
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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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It's easier to make an album, harder to figure out how to get people to notice it.
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I'm always making music. I'm constantly making little musical recordings on my phone or on a little voice recorder I carry with me so I can remember these little pieces of music that eventually becomes songs.
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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.
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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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Won't you look down upon me Jesus, you've got to help me make a stand. You just got to see me through another day.
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I tend to write out the first iteration of a lyric here and then go over here and make variations on it, on the page opposite.
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I'm looking forward to being able to retire from being a public figure and being able to afford to be myself!
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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 trying to look at my blessings and how amazingly well against all odds things have turned out for me.
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I collect hats. That's what you do when you're bald.
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One of my earliest memories was me singing 'Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' at the top of my voice when I was seven. I got totally carried away. My grandmother, Sarah, was in the next room. I didn't even realise she was there. I was terribly embarrassed.
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