James Taylor Talks About His Past of Drug Abuse | The Dick Cavett Show

[@haret0n]

'it's really just fear of intimacy with yourself that makes you want to get high" and there it is. in a nutshell from carly.

[@liberalbias4462]

Naw man drugs are fub

[@copelandczapla1244]

James saying "Dead time" say's a lot.

[@luxi1216]

i would say that it depends on the drug and on the person. In my case it’s not fear of intimacy but just plain boredom

[@DenkyManner]

@@luxi1216 Being that bored sounds like depression. Treat that and engage with life, not zone out.

[@Sonny_VAL]

James is a pretty intellectual guy, very genuine

[@edwardzaleski7347]

“A certain thing to be gained from feeling tense with your friends” very inspired

[@kh-sg3rd]

I was in detox with him in 1983 McLean hospital Boston ma. unfortunately I was in and out detox until I was able to stay sober going on 18 years of soberity.

[@christienelson1437]

🙏💕🙏💕

[@brabbit3389]

Fear of intimacy with yourself- so true that, you just keep wanting to run away and not face your shortcomings

[@dannyjonze]

Beautiful section this. Everything really well articulated in a very sincere way. Only half a dozen lokes and not many views. James Taylor is amazing

[@darrellwalker5203]

My all-time hero guitar player and great song writer.

[@jordansumbody2675]

James Taylor is unbelievable, class.

[@Dentropolis]

I watched a JT interview where JT says he is 62. That would be in around 2010 (born 1948). In that video he mentioned ultimately being bored of drugs when he was 35. That would be in 1983. This interview was apparently 1977 when he was 29. If all this is true, he was not finished with drugs when this interview took place.

[@davidevans3175]

He wasn't, but if you have any experience with heroin you'll know it hooks into you very very deep. He's also on camera and in front of Carly.

[@lrn_news9171]

Tom Williams He was likely on the methadone treatment

[@Sandwich13455]

@@lrn_news9171 he looks like hes on methadone, his pupils are constricted.

[@davidkopec9442]

He is heavily medicated here, probably not high on smack.

[@hawktchr8]

Drugs destroyed his marriage and family the way his own father destroyed James’ family. Look how Carly is looking at him. She knows. He’s on something right there.

[@flowerbedmusic2674]

I'm so glad to hear someone, at last, in a media 'place' make the point Carly does here. So important. I know so many people who either take drugs to 'enhance' their time with people or to enable themselves to be more relaxed with others, those they know best and hold most dear in fact. They're not getting the true experience of knowing other people and the natural 'tensions', or maybe the word should be 'anomalies', which make life worth living...AND people worth knowing! "Fear of intimacy'...Carly says...with yourself and with others.

[@sebaldwin12]

He wrote so much good music either way. He is so talented!

[@ImpulseGenerator]

Beautiful philosophy from Carly Simon here.

[@MrCannatopia]

Wish I knew what he was saying with that thumbs up at the end, kind brought a rapid dose of levity to the situation, which seemed to be honest in his main attempt, he doesn’t want kids wasting their time in his name

[@EVRYMANaKING]

I believe he gave the thumbs up because Carly jumped in with her thoughts knowing he was uncomfortable with the discussion and what to say next and it gave him a quick reprieve from the close up camera and focus on him, a pretty good girlfriend move in my book. Cheers.

[@JM-zq9em]

The word drugs is to vague when used like this. Although i agree that generally speaking the majority of mind altering chemicals when strictly use for escape, denial, or avoidance are an extreme waste of time. However, we know that if used with the correct intention a small portion of these chemicals are actually beneficial to thise whom will still have the tendancy to deny or run from the challenging snd painful experiences of ones existence even if bone dry sober.

[@brianfinnegan664]

Just yesterday mornin, they let me know you were gone....

[@bravofoxtrotllc6817]

Sweet baby James

[@sucesexe]

*The thing about drugs in general is that you cannot really be honest about it, especially in public of course. Nobody ever talks about the central notion of it and the very reason why people take drugs in the first place : PLEASURE. And talking about drugs without any reference to PLEASURE is like talking about Brighton without ever mentionning the poofters !*

[@ItsFinigan]

I don't agree completely with the sentiments shared, and I feel they are ignoring some benefits of drugs and induced states. That being said, I like how Taylor frames his "introduction to this kind of abuse"

[@DenkyManner]

He's talking primarily about heroin. There are things to be learned from certain drugs in certain circumstances (psychedelics), but only a certain amount and used exceptionally sparingly, like every 5 years or more. Habitual use of any drug is a waste of time.

[@Gannooch]

have nothing against the other celebs that were on this show but is this channel ever going to show the Dick Cavett shows where he interviews Jackie Gleason or Art Carney?

[@Gannooch]

How about any of the Honeymooners actors that were a part of the main cast?

[@MAAivoges]

he was such a beautiful man.

[@MAAivoges]

@James Smith the operative word in my comment is "was"

[@johnkent6524]

I’ve heard SO many people’s stories like this. It’s a fascinating thing that no matter who you are, boring regular citizen or a star like James Taylor, everybody has this super Obvious desire to encapsulate what addiction is in the most dramatic and poignant way. Annoying after you’ve heard a few.

[@Gannooch]

have nothing against the other celebs that were on this show but is this channel ever going to show the Dick Cavett shows where he interviews Jackie Gleason or Art Carney? How about any Honeymooners actors that were part of the main cast? These are rarities much like the other Dick Cavett ones.

[@rr7firefly]

I had a high school friend who introduced cigarettes and marijuana into my life. I could never really understand what the appeal was. For him chemical substances provided entertainment. I think I was very lucky not to find either of particular benefit. Now, as an adult I see our lives as very different. I am an artist and architect who values having technical skills and being highly productive. Neither of those can be enhanced with either tobacco or weed. (I'm not into alcohol either, which greatly annoys my alcoholic friend Anne. It would enrage her whenever I left half a glass of beer at a restaurant table, having had all I wanted.)

[@andrewanderson1755]

You sound very judgmental. It's possible to be "highly productive" without putting others down.

[@rr7firefly]

@@andrewanderson1755 I find your comment humorous because this "lady" Anne is the most haughty and cruel person I have ever met. Several people who know her well have expressed to our neighborhood group how often they had to restrain themselves from slapping her across the head. As for substances that interfere with critical thinking I have noticed how my stoner friends have poor ability to remember anything. They constantly ask me, "How is it that you know so many amazing details about people and things?" I always refrain from telling them that, "I did not compromise my mental functioning with habitual pot smoking over many years." My friend Bob now has serious heart problems that might be associated with his bad habit.

[@SenorZorrozzz]

Look at her body language toward him! Guarded! Wow!

[@squirrelattackspidy]

Toward who?

[@dampergoldenrod4156]

They seem like an Odd Couple in an arranged marriage that was coordinated by Outsiders

[@IronMan-tk8uc]

@@dampergoldenrod4156 No, Carly loved him very much and James felt the same but he was always very guarded and introspective and coupled with the drug problem, made their marriage fizzle out by the late 70s.

[@redcoat4ever323]

What a sensitive soul. Sorry you got caught up in to substance use disorder.

[@deniseelalala85]

He was high when doing this, come on.

[@lrn_news9171]

Denisee Bucher Probably, he kicked the habit in 1983 and this is 1977

[@TopJimmyWinn]

I'd rather be around people smoking than a bunch if alcoholics

[@dampergoldenrod4156]

Before Street druggies wore hip hop clothing they dressed like James Taylor he seems like someone that media picked off the streets and gave him a script to read that he was a gifted musician

[@SadMother360]

Is that Steven Tyler sitting next to him?

[@spykerhond7008]

drugs is escape and vanity , hardly ever anything else.

[@jayorazi9784]

Spykerhond it's people u hang w. Places u love in. N things u r into period

[@eargasm1072]

Not quite...sometimes for escape, other times to "enhance" a moment

[@teddysketty3603]

Oh so sure of yourself. I think you know nothing of an addicts mind.

[@imilf2003]

I think Carlys father was Northern Dancer Kentucky Derby winner

[@onefoot7]

Past?? He had 6 more years of dopin after this

[@KrispyCrem3]

A nice sentiment but not terribly honest. If his headspace wasn't so bleak, he wouldn't have escaped via drugs in the first place. Happy contented people don't just get mixed up with heroin.