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

Quote by James Taylor

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Thought I'd see you one more time again.

Thought I'd see you one more time again.

I was in chemical jail.

I was in chemical jail.

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 was a functional addict.

I was a functional addict.

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...

People should watch out for three things: avoid a major addiction, don't get so deeply...

People should watch out for three things: avoid a major addiction, don't get so deeply...

I think that we're all totally isolated beings and always will be.

I think that we're all totally isolated beings and always will be.

Soon I will be knocking upon your door.

Soon I will be knocking upon your door.

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...

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...

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.

Thought I'd see you, thought I'd see you, fire and rain, now.

Thought I'd see you, thought I'd see you, fire and rain, now.

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.

Well, they'll take your soul if you let them, oh yeah, but don't you let...

Well, they'll take your soul if you let them, oh yeah, but don't you let...

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.

I always thought that I'd see you baby, one more time again, now.

I always thought that I'd see you baby, one more time again, now.

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...

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 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...