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
If you think my music is sentimental and self-absorbed, I agree with you. – James Taylor
I believe 100 percent in the power and importance of music. – James Taylor
Its probably foolish to expect relationships to go on forever and to say that because something only lasts 10 years, its a failure. – James Taylor
I think its been hard for people to understand how Islam can be a good religion, and yet the Islamists are evil. Those of us who have had experience with Islam understand this, just as we understand the difference between snake handlers and people going to church on Sunday morning. – P. J. ORourke