Shower the people you love with love Show them the way that you feel Things are gonna work out fine if you only will.
James TaylorI gathered up my sorrows and I sold them all for gold. And I gathered up the gold, and I threw it all away.
James TaylorI think good music makes you feel free, and if people feel free when they come to a show or listen to my music, that would mean the world to me.
James TaylorDon't be sad cause your sun is down, the night doesn't need your sorrow. Don't be sad cause the light is gone, just keep your mind on tomorrow.
James Taylor['Fire and Rain'] is sort of almost uncomfortably close. Almost confessional. The reason I could write a song like that at that point, and probably couldn't now, is that I didn't have any sense that anyone would hear it. I started writing the song while I was in London...and I was totally unknown.... So I assumed that they would never be heard. I could just write or say anything I wanted. Now I'm very aware, and I have to deal with my stage fright and my anxiety about people examining or judging it. The idea that people will pass judgment on it is not a useful thought.
James Taylor