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
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.
grateful play people
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.
boston play symphony
I'm often surprised by classical music and musicians. I've met a large number of them because my wife works for the Boston Symphony, and I'm in that world a lot now. I'm surprised at how difficult it is for people who are classically trained to read music or to memorize music, how difficult it is for them to improvise, to just go off and play. It's sort of, it's like terra incognita. They just, (makes noise) they don't get it.
football play kind
I don't play the kind of music that works in a football stadium.
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.
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
experience performing
Performing is a profound experience, at least for me.
life worked
I've always worked all my life and now I need a hand, not a handout. That's why I'm here.
again backstage james loved sing sweet
I was backstage when James called me back to the stage again to sing 'How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)' with him. I don't even feel like it was me up there. It was so intense.
certain major reinvent resonate strongly themes visit
I don't reinvent myself in any major way. It seems to be a slow evolution. I go back and visit certain themes that I feel strongly about and resonate with me emotionally.
music
I enjoy selling my music. I don't enjoy selling myself.
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.
dozen expecting people seven six songs vary
There are a dozen or so songs people are expecting to hear, ... You don't do them all, but you put six or seven of those songs in the set. And you try to vary the arrangement of things that are familiar.
absolutely bad
You have to brace yourself for the smell. It is a really bad stench. It is disgusting, absolutely disgusting.