“I don't take compliments very easily. I think most musicians suffer fr...” — James Taylor Quote

I don't take compliments very easily. I think most musicians suffer from low self-esteem to some extent.

I tend to write out the first iteration of a lyric here and then go over here and make variations on it, on the page opposite.

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

It's hard to find a way forward. When you're 18 it happens in huge chunks every day, but after 20 years, growth is much more costly.

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.

I've never given my phone number to someone on the street, but when someone is a gentleman, I appreciate the compliments.

I've been embracing the red lip and just wearing it every day, not just for going out. And I get so many compliments on it. I love the Julie Hewett Rouge Noir: it's sort of a forties red.

It's nice to get compliments from both girls and guys.

I love it when a guy compliments my vibe.

But it's always nice to get some compliments, and when you are in a hard situation, it gives you motivation to come back and to prove what the people are saying.