I am myself for a living. I don't animate a character.

Quote by James Taylor

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There'll come a writing phase where you have to defend the time, unplug the phone...

There'll come a writing phase where you have to defend the time, unplug the phone...

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

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

Certain things in life are more important than the usual crap that everyone strives for.

Certain things in life are more important than the usual crap that everyone strives for.

It's probably foolish to expect relationships to go on forever and to say that because...

It's probably foolish to expect relationships to go on forever and to say that because...

Just yesterday morning, they let me know you were gone.

Just yesterday morning, they let me know you were gone.

Somehow it helps just to take something that's internal and externalize it, to see it...

Somehow it helps just to take something that's internal and externalize it, to see it...

Oh, yeah, yeah, you've got a friend.

Oh, yeah, yeah, you've got a friend.

Winter, spring, summer, or fall, all you have to do is call and I'll be...

Winter, spring, summer, or fall, all you have to do is call and I'll be...

If the sky above you should turn dark and full of clouds.

If the sky above you should turn dark and full of clouds.

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

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

That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind.

That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind.

I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song.

I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song.

I don't know much about God. But if everything does originate with God, then certainly...

I don't know much about God. But if everything does originate with God, then certainly...

Thought I'd see you, thought I'd see you, fire and rain, now.

Thought I'd see you, thought I'd see you, fire and rain, now.

Won't you look down upon me, Jesus, You've got to help me make a stand.

Won't you look down upon me, Jesus, You've got to help me make a stand.

Soon I will be knocking upon your door.

Soon I will be knocking upon your door.

I'm very unstable; there's no stability in a musician's life at all. You live on...

I'm very unstable; there's no stability in a musician's life at all. You live on...

I just can't remember who to send it to.

I just can't remember who to send it to.

Americans work a long away ahead of themselves because of the size of the place....

Americans work a long away ahead of themselves because of the size of the place....

Hey, ain't it good to know that you've got a friend?

Hey, ain't it good to know that you've got a friend?