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

Quote by James Taylor

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We all have to face pain, and pain makes us grow.

We all have to face pain, and pain makes us grow.

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.

Well, they'll take your soul if you let them, oh yeah, but don't you let...

Well, they'll take your soul if you let them, oh yeah, but don't you let...

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...

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?

Fortunately, it doesn't seem to have made a lot of difference to my audience that...

Fortunately, it doesn't seem to have made a lot of difference to my audience that...

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.

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.

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 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 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...

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...

I believe musicians have a duty, a responsibility to reach out, to share your love...

I believe musicians have a duty, a responsibility to reach out, to share your love...

I think people are isolated because of the nature of human consciousness, and they like...

I think people are isolated because of the nature of human consciousness, and they like...

You just call out my name, and you know where ever I am I'll come...

You just call out my name, and you know where ever I am I'll come...

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

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

Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head around.

Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head around.

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

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

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

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

You have to choose whether to love yourself or not.

You have to choose whether to love yourself or not.