I'm often surprised by classical music and musicians. I've met a large number of them because my wife works for the Boston Symphony, and I'm in that world a lot now. I'm surprised at how difficult it is for people who are classically trained to read music or to memorize music, how difficult it is for them to improvise, to just go off and play. It's sort of, it's like terra incognita. They just, (makes noise) they don't get it.
James TaylorFortunately, it doesn't seem to have made a lot of difference to my audience that I'm as bald as a billiard ball!
James TaylorThere'll come a writing phase where you have to defend the time, unplug the phone and put in the hours to get it done.
James Taylor