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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You have to choose whether to love yourself or not.

You have to choose whether to love yourself or not.

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

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

The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.

The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Music is like a huge release of tension.

Music is like a huge release of tension.

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

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

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.

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.

Well, there's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things to come.

Well, there's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things to come.

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...

If you feel like singing along, don't.

If you feel like singing along, don't.

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...

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 was in chemical jail.

I was in chemical jail.