There'll come a writing phase where you have to defend the time, unplug the phone and put in the hours to get it done.

Quote by James Taylor

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Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground.

Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground.

We all have to face pain, and pain makes us grow.

We all have to face pain, and pain makes us grow.

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...

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.

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?

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...

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

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

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

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

If the sky above you should turn dark and full of clouds.

If the sky above you should turn dark and full of clouds.

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...

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...

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

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

Winter, spring, summer, or fall, all you have to do is call and I'll be...

Winter, spring, summer, or fall, all you have to do is call and I'll be...

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...

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.

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.

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.

Been walking my mind to an easy time, my back turned towards the sun.

Been walking my mind to an easy time, my back turned towards the sun.

Music is like a huge release of tension.

Music is like a huge release of tension.

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...