Being on a boat that's moving through th... by James Taylor | We Heart Quotes

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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.

- James Taylor

Other quotes by James Taylor

Duty Pain Love

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

- James Taylor

Work

Americans work a long away ahead of themselves because of the size of the place. To make any impact at all you have to promote yourself with live performances ages before a release.

- James Taylor

Life

If you're an addict, it controls your life and your life becomes uncontrollable. It's boring and painful, filling your system with something that makes you stare at your shoes for six hours.

- James Taylor

Will

I think that we're all totally isolated beings and always will be.

- James Taylor

Road Money Life

I'm very unstable; there's no stability in a musician's life at all. You live on a bus or on the road hand to mouth and you don't know where your money's coming from.

- James Taylor

I was in chemical jail.

- James Taylor

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