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

Quote by James Taylor

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When I cleaned up some 17 odd years ago, I felt terrible for about six...

When I cleaned up some 17 odd years ago, I felt terrible for about six...

I was in chemical jail.

I was in chemical jail.

October is crisp days and cool nights, a time to curl up around the dancing...

October is crisp days and cool nights, a time to curl up around the dancing...

Music is like a huge release of tension.

Music is like a huge release of tension.

If you're an addict, it controls your life and your life becomes uncontrollable. It's boring...

If you're an addict, it controls your life and your life becomes uncontrollable. It's boring...

You have to choose whether to love yourself or not.

You have to choose whether to love yourself or not.

I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend, but I always thought...

I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend, but I always thought...

Close your eyes and think of me and soon I will be there to brighten...

Close your eyes and think of me and soon I will be there to brighten...

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...

I don't think anyone really says anything new.

I don't think anyone really says anything new.

I was a functional addict.

I was a functional addict.

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

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

When you're down and troubled and you need a helping hand and nothing, whoa, nothing...

When you're down and troubled and you need a helping hand and nothing, whoa, nothing...

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've seen fire and I've seen rain. I've seen sunny days that I thought would...

I've seen fire and I've seen rain. I've seen sunny days that I thought would...

I can take criticisms but not compliments.

I can take criticisms but not compliments.

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

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

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 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...

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...