Quote by James Taylor
Thats the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind

Thats the motivation of an artist – to seek attention of some kind. – James Taylor

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Sobering up was responsible for breaking up my marriage. Thats what it couldnt stand. – James Taylor

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Marriage
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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

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Experience
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Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul. The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of Artist. – Edgar Allan Poe

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Art

Art lies by its own artifice. – Ovid

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Art

To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music. Then, by simply changing the key, we keep up the attraction and vary the song. – Henri Frederic Amiel

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Art

The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user. – John Tillotson

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Art

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If people did not compliment one another there would be little society. – Luc de Clapiers

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Society

In regard to music, I just think that its always best to have an attitude of being a perpetual student and always look to learn something new about music, because theres always something new to learn. – David Sanborn

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Attitude

The Bourbon King was first ambassador of reason and human happiness. – Heinrich Mann

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Happiness

In my heart, Im an Alabaman who went up north to work. – E. O. Wilson

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work