I don't take compliments very easily. I think most musicians suffer from low self-esteem to some extent.

Quote by James Taylor

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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...

They'll hurt you and desert you.

They'll hurt you and desert you.

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...

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 started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I...

I started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I...

Keep your head together and call my name out loud.

Keep your head together and call my name out loud.

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.

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...

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...

I was a functional addict.

I was a functional addict.

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

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

I always thought that I'd see you baby, one more time again, now.

I always thought that I'd see you baby, one more time again, now.

I don't think anyone really says anything new.

I don't think anyone really says anything new.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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.

Thought I'd see you one more time again.

Thought I'd see you one more time again.

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.