James Taylor
James Taylor
James Vernon Tayloris an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He is one of the best-selling artists of all time, having sold more than 100 million records worldwide...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth12 March 1948
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
inspirational views point-of-view
All it really needed was the proper point of view. No one's gonna bring me down.
europe ability glad
I'm glad that I still have the ability to tour in Europe. I do love it.
love-yourself
You have to choose whether to love yourself or not.
release music-is tension
Music is like a huge release of tension.
guitar mouths coming-out
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.
motivational art attention
That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind.
strong brother rhythm-and-blues
My brother Alex fell in love with rhythm and blues early and gave me a strong dose of it.
football play kind
I don't play the kind of music that works in a football stadium.
musical culture brazil
Ireland, Italy and Brazil are the most musical places for me. They're extremely musical cultures and anything you pitch they basically catch.
mysterious process songwriting
Songwriting is too mysterious and uncontrolled a process for me to direct it towards any one thing.
music play people
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.
writing elements singers
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.
heart love-is opening-up
The SECRET to Love is in OPENING up your Heart
writing guitar-music guitar
I don't read music. I don't write it. So I wander around on the guitar until something starts to present itself.