D. J. Taylor Quotes

I think that growing up is something that you should do gradually.

When you’re young you just run, but you come back to what you need.

Songs are like myths. Myths are useful because they allow you to cast yourself and your life and your own experience. And for some people, 'Fire and Rain' speaks to them in that way.

If I'm gonna write songs about my exes, they can write songs about me. That's how it works.

I feel the emotion that life conjures up and the songs I write get me closer to my feelings and realising who I am. It's a natural process.

I think the perfection of love is that it's not perfect.

Seems like there's always someone who disapproves. They'll judge it like they know about me and you.

If the gig's going really well, I'm incredibly happy on stage and really feel good about my life and things.

In high school, I used to think it was "like sooooo cool" if a guy had an awesome car. Now none of that matters. These days I look for character and honesty and trust.

Real love still happens sometimes. It's not just something we make up when you're nine. I have to believe that. You do too.

So watch me strike a match on all my wasted time. As far as I'm concerned you're just another picture to burn.

I'm glad that I still have the ability to tour in Europe. I do love it.

My brother Alex fell in love with rhythm and blues early and gave me a strong dose of it.

Never compare yourself to beautiful girls.

I sometimes wonder how many of these lifetime achievement awards you can accept before you have to do the decent thing and die.

My parents have always been very respectful of me so I’ve always been really respectful of them. My worst fear is to let them down so that’s why I don’t misbehave.

Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose Won't you let me go down in my dreams?

The beginning of love is all about the butterflies, but the end of it is when you can't get out of bed in the morning.

I'm gonna find someone someday who might actually treat me well

The little I am exposed to hurts my feelings. The only things I can really control are my songs and my behavior. The rest? If I focused on it, that would lead to insanity.

You can write a book on how to ruin someone’s perfect day.

Songwriting is too mysterious and uncontrolled a process for me to direct it towards any one thing.

All it really needed was the proper point of view. No one's gonna bring me down.

When I meet my fans, it's not like meeting a stranger. It's like saying hello to someone that I already know.

You can never forget the people who were always there for you from the beginning.

Bookstores see a book by a woman and they put it in the romance section.

I am a huge admirer of Elizabeth I, and this intriguing biography gives a wonderful picture of the era.

When you are a strong woman, you will attract trouble. When a man feels threatened, there is always trouble.

He who ascends to mountaintops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind Must look down on the hate of those below

I think songwriting is the ultimate form of being able to make anything that happens in your life productive.

Love will find you when you least expect it.

I loved watching Ken Griffey Jr play for the Mariners and when he was trade to the Reds I was especially excited to get the opportunity to watch him play in person.

We shouldn't blame the Panama programme for the World Cup bid failing

I have to choose my words carefully because I don't want to sound like one of those who goes on about how things were better in my day.

I became a people-watcher when I lost all my friends when I was 12.

It's one of the craziest feelings to be on stage and know that you were sitting on your bedroom floor when that song came to be and now there's an arena full of people singing it.

so i sneak out to the garden to see you, we keep quiet 'cause we're dead if they knew, so close your eyes, escape this town for a little while.

I can't help but note that God is being useful to a lot of people trying to do harm to one another.

I don't compete with other people in the industry, I compete with myself.

being open isn't the same as being weak.

I wanted us to have a friendly relationship [with Kanye West]. He promised to play the song for me, but he never did.

For a long time I listened to other people to decide whether I was still Christian or not, and I would sort of vet myself by the traditional formulae.

When you're singing you can hear the echo of people in the audience singing every single word with you, and that was that big dream that I had for myself. It's happening.

There is no such test of a man's superiority of character as in the well-conducting of an unavoidable quarrel.

I've stopped reading the comments below news articles and on gossip blogs because those are the ones that'll ruin your day in a second.

, and they could name a handful.

The only real difference between Anxiety and Excitement was my willingness to let go of Fear.

I've been careful in love. I've been careless in love. And I've had adventures I wouldn't trade for anything.

For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.

Hearing a crowd scream is the coolest sound in the world. It can motivate me to do anything.