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
feel-good gigs stage
If the gig's going really well, I'm incredibly happy on stage and really feel good about my life and things.
trying cleaning turning-points
If I were to try to identify a turning point I'd say that was it - getting clean.
able looking-forward figures
I'm looking forward to being able to retire from being a public figure and being able to afford to be myself!
jail chemicals
I was in chemical jail.
addiction addict
I was a functional addict.
thinking isolated
I think that we're all totally isolated beings and always will be.
thinking people pushing
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.
things-in-life important usual
Certain things in life are more important than the usual crap that everyone strives for.
lying low-self-esteem hold-me
Do me wrong, do me right, tell me lies, but hold me tight.
revenge enemy knees
You can bring your enemies to their knees with the possible exception of the North Vietnamese.
religious jesus religion
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.
sleep heart body
Though the body sleeps, the heart will never rest.
home night soldier
Just nine lucky soldiers had come through the night, half of them wounded and barely alive. Just nine out of twenty was headed for home, with eleven stories to tell.
philosophy mean night
The sides are steep and the nights are long and cold down in the hole, light and love and the world above mean nothing to the mole.