The song is the center ; the song is the key. If you don't have a good song you don't have anything by my value.

Everyone has been telling these great James Taylor stories, and nothing for me says it better than this song.

I just sort of try to be a good person; try to write music that lifts people and makes me feel good to sing.

You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face, And show the world all the love in your heart, Then people gonna treat you better, You're gonna find, yes you will, That you're beautiful as you feel

I've had a remarkable life. I seem to be in such good places at the right time. You know, if you were to ask me to sum my life up in one word, gratitude.

All I needed to do was sing with conviction, speaking my truth from the heart, honestly and straightforwardly, and to offer my words, ideas and music to the audience as if it were one collective friend that I'd known for a very long time.