Top 80 Quotes by James Taylor

About James Taylor

These are some quotes by American author James Taylor Musician, who was born on March 12, 1948.

Knowing when to quit is probably a very important thing, but I just am not ready.

Knowing when to quit is probably a very important thing, but I just am not ready.

James Taylor

I'm very unstable; there's no stability in a musician's life at all. You live on a bus or on the road hand to mouth and you don't know where your money's coming from.

I'm very unstable; there's no stability in a musician's life at all. You live on a bus or on the road hand to mouth and you don't know where your money's coming from.

James Taylor

I don't think anyone really says anything new.

I don't think anyone really says anything new.

James Taylor

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.

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.

James Taylor

If you think my music is sentimental and self-absorbed, I agree with you.

If you think my music is sentimental and self-absorbed, I agree with you.

James Taylor

Television news is now entertainment, and the stories are being written by the people that have a special interest in them.

Television news is now entertainment, and the stories are being written by the people that have a special interest in them.

James Taylor

It's a real wrenching thing to go from being a private person to being a public person, especially when you're being autobiographical.

It's a real wrenching thing to go from being a private person to being a public person, especially when you're being autobiographical.

James Taylor

I played the cello from when I was ten, and then I bought a guitar from the father of some friends of mine and played that for a while. And then when I was fourteen or so, I bought a guitar - a real nice one - in Durham, North Carolina, that I worked with up until I was about twenty-five.

James Taylor

When I cleaned up some 17 odd years ago, I felt terrible for about six months. The only thing that gave me any real relief was strenuous physical activity.

When I cleaned up some 17 odd years ago, I felt terrible for about six months. The only thing that gave me any real relief was strenuous physical activity.

James Taylor

I'm glad about what's happening to the music business. This last crop of people we had in the 90s, who are going away now, they didn't like music. They didn't trust musicians. They wanted something else from it.

James Taylor

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