It is the most delightful thing that ever happens to me, when I hear something coming out of my guitar and out of my mouth that wasn't there before.

Quote by James Taylor

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

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

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.

Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground.

Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground.

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...

It's hard to find a way forward. When you're 18 it happens in huge chunks...

It's hard to find a way forward. When you're 18 it happens in huge chunks...

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.

Knowing when to quit is probably a very important thing, but I just am not...

Knowing when to quit is probably a very important thing, but I just am not...

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

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

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

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

Hey, ain't it good to know that you've got a friend?

Hey, ain't it good to know that you've got a friend?

Just yesterday morning, they let me know you were gone.

Just yesterday morning, they let me know you were gone.

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...

Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head around.

Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head around.

Keep your head together and call my name out loud.

Keep your head together and call my name out loud.

You have to choose whether to love yourself or not.

You have to choose whether to love yourself or not.

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...

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....

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...