If you feel like singing along, don't.

Quote by James Taylor

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I can take criticisms but not compliments.

I can take criticisms but not compliments.

Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground.

Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground.

Americans work a long away ahead of themselves because of the size of the place....

Americans work a long away ahead of themselves because of the size of the place....

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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 believe 100 percent in the power and importance of music.

I believe 100 percent in the power and importance of music.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 was a functional addict.

I was a functional addict.

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 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...

I just can't remember who to send it to.

I just can't remember who to send it to.