I was in chemical jail.

Quote by James Taylor

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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.

Music is like a huge release of tension.

Music is like a huge release of tension.

Soon I will be knocking upon your door.

Soon I will be knocking upon your door.

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

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

My body's aching and my time is at hand and I won't make it any...

My body's aching and my time is at hand and I won't make it any...

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'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.

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

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

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...

If you feel like singing along, don't.

If you feel like singing along, don't.

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 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...

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

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

Thought I'd see you one more time again.

Thought I'd see you one more time again.

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

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

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.

Suzanne, the plans they made put an end to you.

Suzanne, the plans they made put an end to you.

If I were to try to identify a turning point I'd say that was it...

If I were to try to identify a turning point I'd say that was it...

You have to choose whether to love yourself or not.

You have to choose whether to love yourself or not.