Performing is a profound experience, at least for me. Its 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. – James Taylor
Sobering up was responsible for breaking up my marriage. Thats what it couldnt stand. – James Taylor
Im very unstable theres no stability in a musicians life at all. You live on a bus or on the road hand to mouth and you dont know where your moneys coming from. – James Taylor
A great deal has been written in recent years about the purported lack of motivation in the children of the Negro ghettos. Little in my experience supports this, yet the phrase has been repeated endlessly, and the blame in almost all cases is placed somewhere outside the classroom. – Jonathan Kozol