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
dreams flying machines pieces sweet
Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground.
best great hear somebody
The best thing is when you hear somebody take your song and make something great of it.
port somehow tie
We're the only deep-water port in Skagit County. Somehow we don't want to tie it all up with restaurants.
again days fire lonely seen sunny
I've seen fire and I've seen rain, I've seen sunny days I thought would never end, I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend, but I always thought I'd see you again
approach certainly divide lyric remember talked time
So we talked about the tune, we talked about the lyric and about how we would divide it up and approach it. There certainly wasn't time to say, 'By the way, do you remember 1965, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts? What was that all about?'
life worked
I've always worked all my life and now I need a hand, not a handout. That's why I'm here.
easy future innocent plays step suddenly
That one inning killed us; it killed us bad. We just have to step it up in the future and make the easy plays when we have them and not get rattled. One innocent play started it and it kind of snowballed from there. Suddenly we couldn't make a play.
experience performing
Performing is a profound experience, at least for me.
change hate horses swim
I hate it when they say 'Don't change horses in midstream' ... if your horse can't swim and he's way over his head.
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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 takes me right back, and I do get a reconnection to the emotions.
nice number since worked
It's been a number of years since I worked solo. That's all I used to do, and that's how I started out. So it's nice to get back to that every once in a while.
county mind move
They do need a place to move to, keep that in mind, county commissioners.
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Yes, but it's my life has been wasted, And I have been the fool, To let this manufacturer use my body for a tool, I can ride home in the evening, Staring at my hands, Swearing by my sorrow that a young girl, Ought to stand a better chance, So may I w
gotta help
Won't you look down upon me, Jesus. You gotta help me make a stand,