Top 80 Quotes by James Taylor

Sobering up was responsible for breaking up my marriage. That's what it couldn't stand.

Things started to get out of control when I began reading that I was a superstar.

The Beatles were a phenomenon, but they were also ordinary blokes like anyone else. I was lucky enough to see that side.

I think people are isolated because of the nature of human consciousness, and they like it when they feel the connection between themselves and someone else.

I tend to write out the first iteration of a lyric here and then go over here and make variations on it, on the page opposite.

When you write a song, it may come from a personal space, but it very seldom actually represents you. It comes out of a sort of mood of melancholy, somehow. It's almost theatrical.

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.

There'll come a writing phase where you have to defend the time, unplug the phone and put in the hours to get it done.

I'm trying to look at my blessings and how amazingly well against all odds things have turned out for me.

I think that we're all totally isolated beings and always will be.