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James Taylor
American
Musician
Born:
Mar 12
,
1948
Being
Me
Music
People
Think
You
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I don't get into heavy political numbers because I don't find them lyrical.
James Taylor
Political
Lyrical
Find
Because
Get
Heavy
Them
Numbers
Songwriting is too mysterious and uncontrolled a process for me to direct it towards any one thing.
James Taylor
Me
Too
One Thing
Direct
Mysterious
Songwriting
Uncontrolled
Towards
Any
Process
Thing
Ireland, Italy and Brazil are the most musical places for me. They're extremely musical cultures and anything you pitch they basically catch.
James Taylor
Me
You
Brazil
Musical
Extremely
Catch
Most
Italy
Cultures
Ireland
Pitch
Anything
Places
Basically
I know there are people who don't like their audience or like the experience of being recognized or celebrated, but my audience has been very good - they don't bother me and when they do contact me it's usually on the nicest possible terms.
James Taylor
Good
Me
Experience
People
Recognized
Possible
Has-Been
Bother
Contact
Like
Know
Terms
Audience
Been
Very
Celebrated
Being
Who
Nicest
I'm looking forward to being able to retire from being a public figure and being able to afford to be myself!
James Taylor
Myself
Looking
Able
Retire
Looking Forward
Afford
Being
Public
Public Figure
Figure
Forward
What I've always done as an entertainer is try to come up with things that people will find interesting, or compelling, or humorous.
James Taylor
People
Try
Will
Humorous
Entertainer
Find
Come
Always
Up
Done
Interesting
Compelling
Things
Television news is now entertainment, and the stories are being written by the people that have a special interest in them.
James Taylor
News
Entertainment
People
Television
Television News
Written
Being
Stories
Interest
Them
Special
Special Interest
Now
By The People
To me, very much of what is artistic is people's very creative and inventive ways out of impossible situations.
James Taylor
Me
Creative
People
Impossible
Ways
Out
Inventive
Very
Situations
Artistic
Much
I think that American music, for me, it's a synthesis of a lot of different things. But for me growing up in North Carolina, the stuff that I was listening to, the things that I was hearing, it was all about black music, about soul music.
James Taylor
Music
Me
Soul
Listening
Black
Think
Synthesis
Carolina
Black Music
About
Stuff
Soul Music
Hearing
Lot
Up
North
American
North Carolina
Different
American Music
Different Things
Growing
Growing Up
Things
I don't read music. I don't write or read music.
James Taylor
Music
Write
Read
I had a very moral upbringing, and spiritual in a sort of not very specific way.
James Taylor
Spiritual
Way
Moral
Had
Sort
Very
Upbringing
Specific
Bruce Springsteen's a rock star. Elton John is a rock star. I'm a folk musician. Honestly, I think that's true.
James Taylor
Think
Honestly
Elton
Elton John
Musician
Folk
John
Bruce
True
Rock
Rock Star
Springsteen
Star
I enjoy selling my music. I don't enjoy selling myself.
James Taylor
Music
Myself
Enjoy
Selling
I don't reinvent myself in any major way. It seems to be a slow evolution. I go back and visit certain themes that I feel strongly about and resonate with me emotionally.
James Taylor
Myself
Me
Resonate
Slow
Back
Way
Visit
Evolution
About
Strongly
Seems
Emotionally
Feel
Major
Go
Any
Themes
Certain
Reinvent
I have a love-hate relationship with the Grammys because I don't see the music world as a competitive sport.
James Taylor
Music
Relationship
World
Music World
See
Sport
Because
Love-Hate
Love-Hate Relationship
Grammys
Competitive
The Beatles were a phenomenon, but they were also ordinary blokes like anyone else. I was lucky enough to see that side.
James Taylor
Beatles
Enough
Else
Side
See
Like
Also
Were
Anyone
Anyone Else
Ordinary
Lucky
Phenomenon
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