When you write a song, it may come from a personal space, but it very seldom actually represents you. It comes out of a sort of mood of melancholy, somehow. It's almost theatrical.

Taylor spent six months getting treatment and making a tentative recovery; he also required a throat operation to fix vocal cords damaged from singing too harshly. I knew James had that thing.

3 single "Fire and Rain" and had his first No. James Vernon Taylor (born March 12 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Following his 1977 album JT he has retained a large audience over the decades.