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
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People have used my songs and guitar style to teach guitar for a long time.
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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?'
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Time will take your money, but money won't buy time.
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The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.
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It won't be long before another day, were gonna have a good time. And no ones gonna take that time away. You can stay as long as you like
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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.
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You have to brace yourself for the smell. It is a really bad stench. It is disgusting, absolutely disgusting.
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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.
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We're the only deep-water port in Skagit County. Somehow we don't want to tie it all up with restaurants.
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Though 'Fire and Rain' is very personal, for other people it resonates as a sort of commonly held experience... And that's what happens with me. I write things for personal reasons, and then in some cases it... can be a shared experience.
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Our needs are so big, and our vision is so small. I'd just hate to see the community utilize its waterfront in a way that would preclude jobs.
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I was a huge Beatles fan. We could talk about who I listened to growing up and what my sources were, but certainly the Beatles were a late, important resource for me, and I just took my guitar and a handful of songs, and I decided, well, I'll just go over and travel around Europe and see what comes of it.
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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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I enjoy selling my music. I don't enjoy selling myself.