#pre

The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight. ↗

— A. J. P. Taylor

#carried #great #nations #own #peace

I don't think you need a record deal to write songs. You don't need any other reason than you want to do it. It's a far cry from why some people do music today. They make it to order, which is pretty horrible. ↗

— Andy Taylor

#cry #deal #far #horrible #i

You must surrender whatever preconceptions you have about music if you're really interested in it. ↗

— Cecil Taylor

#interested #music #must #preconceptions #really

I don't think President Bush is doing anything at all about Aids. In fact, I'm not sure he even knows how to spell Aids. ↗

— Elizabeth Taylor

#aids #anything #bush #doing #even

I don't pretend to be an ordinary housewife. ↗

— Elizabeth Taylor

#i #ordinary #pretend

I don't read music. I don't write it. So I wander around on the guitar until something starts to present itself. ↗

— James Taylor

#guitar #i #itself #music #present

I started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I could. ↗

— James Taylor

#could #i #out #pretending #songwriter

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. ↗

— James Taylor

#almost #come #comes #may #melancholy

Who ran to help me when I fell, And would some pretty story tell, Or kiss the place to make it well? My mother. ↗

— Jane Taylor

#help #i #kiss #make #me

Marriage is the mother of the world. It preserves kingdoms, and fills cities and churches, and heaven itself. ↗

— Jeremy Taylor

#cities #fills #heaven #itself #kingdoms