I can take criticisms but not compliments.

Quote by James Taylor

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It is a process of discovery. It's being quiet enough and undisturbed enough for a...

It is a process of discovery. It's being quiet enough and undisturbed enough for a...

I don't think anyone really says anything new.

I don't think anyone really says anything new.

People can be so cold.

People can be so cold.

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

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

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.

I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend.

I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend.

Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into...

Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into...

I believe 100 percent in the power and importance of music.

I believe 100 percent in the power and importance of music.

Time will take your money, but money won't buy time.

Time will take your money, but money won't buy time.

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...

There's just a few things coming my way this time around, now.

There's just a few things coming my way this time around, now.

Once you get that two-way energy thing going, everyone benefits hugely.

Once you get that two-way energy thing going, everyone benefits hugely.

If the gig's going really well, I'm incredibly happy on stage and really feel good...

If the gig's going really well, I'm incredibly happy on stage and really feel good...

It's hard to find a way forward. When you're 18 it happens in huge chunks...

It's hard to find a way forward. When you're 18 it happens in huge chunks...

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 don't read music. I don't write it. So I wander around on the guitar...

I don't read music. I don't write it. So I wander around on the guitar...

It is the most delightful thing that ever happens to me, when I hear something...

It is the most delightful thing that ever happens to me, when I hear something...

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.

If you feel like singing along, don't.

If you feel like singing along, don't.

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.