I don't find the songs; they find me. I just strum my guitar and wait for a lyric to come.
James TaylorThe Beatles were a phenomenon, but they were also ordinary blokes like anyone else. I was lucky enough to see that side.
James TaylorIt is the most delightful thing that ever happens to me, when I hear something coming out of my guitar and out of my mouth that wasn't there before.
James TaylorI'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 Taylor