I believe musicians have a duty, a responsibility to reach out, to share your love or pain with others.
James TaylorI think people are isolated because of the nature of human consciousness, and they like it when they feel the connection between themselves and someone else.
James TaylorO, it's enough to be on your way. It's enough just to cover ground. It's enough to be moving on. Home: better build it behind your eyes. Carry it in your heart, Safe among your own.
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