I'm glad about what's happening to the music business. This last crop of people we had in the 90s, who are going away now, they didn't like music. They didn't trust musicians. They wanted something else from it.

More Quotes by James Taylor

That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind.

Sobering up was responsible for breaking up my marriage. That's what it couldn't stand.

The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.

I believe musicians have a duty, a responsibility to reach out, to share your love or pain with others.

It is a process of discovery. It's being quiet enough and undisturbed enough for a period of time so that the songs can begin to sort of peek out, and you begin to have emotional experiences in a musical way.

Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place in terms of what's important and what's not.