They'll hurt you and desert you.

Quote by James Taylor

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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?

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...

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...

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.

Keep your head together and call my name out loud.

Keep your head together and call my name out loud.

I don't think anyone really says anything new.

I don't think anyone really says anything new.

I was in chemical jail.

I was in chemical jail.

When I cleaned up some 17 odd years ago, I felt terrible for about six...

When I cleaned up some 17 odd years ago, I felt terrible for about six...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...