They'll hurt you and desert you.

Quote by James Taylor

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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.

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...

Music is like a huge release of tension.

Music is like a huge release of tension.

Certain things in life are more important than the usual crap that everyone strives for.

Certain things in life are more important than the usual crap that everyone strives for.

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.

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 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...

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...

People can be so cold.

People can be so cold.

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...

Thought I'd see you one more time again.

Thought I'd see you one more time again.

You've just got to see me through another day.

You've just got to see me through another day.

It is a process of discovery. It's being quiet enough and undisturbed enough for a...

It is a process of discovery. It's being quiet enough and undisturbed enough for a...

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

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

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

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

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'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...

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

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

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

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