>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WE'RE BACK HERE WITH JAMES TAYLOR.
I HAPPEN TO KNOW YOU WERE ON STAGE PERFORMING DURING THE MOON
LANDING.
>> YES, THAT'S TRUE.
>> Stephen: WHERE WAS THAT?
AND THIS IS NOT IN THE MEMOIR.
DO YOU MIND SHARING THAT?
I'VE NOT ACTUALLY HEARD THE STORY, BUT I HEARD THIS
HAPPENED.
>> YES.
IT WAS IN 1969.
>> Stephen: I'M FAMILIAR.
( LAUGHTER ) >> I WAS BOOKED TO PLAY THE NEW
PORT FOLK FESTIVAL WITH AN AMAZING CAST OF OTHER
ENTERTAINERS.
IT WAS A VERY STAR-STUDDED YEAR.
BUT IT WAS ONE OF MY FIRST -- IT CERTAINLY WAS THE LARGEST
AUDIENCE I HAD PLAYED TO UP UNTIL THAT TIME, AND IT MAY HAVE
BEEN LIKE THE FOURTH OR FIFTH GIG THAT I PLAYED.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS QUITE EARLY ON.
BUT IT WAS A FULL MOON, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT, AND WHILE I WAS
ON STAGE, GEORGE WEAN, WHO WAS THE PROMOTER OF THAT FESTIVAL
AND STILL IS, AT THE AGE OF 94, GEORGE WALKED OUT ON STAGE AND
SAID, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HUMAN BEINGS HAVE JUST STEPPED
ON TO THE MOON.
>> Stephen: IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR SET.
>> AND THERE IT WAS JUST HANGING UP THERE IN THE SKY.
>> Stephen: OH, THE MOON WAS OUT.
>> AND I SAID, YEAH, RIGHT.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
THANK YOU, GEORGE.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE FOR SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO
WRITE SONGS OUT THERE?
>> YEAH.
UM, YOU KNOW, CHOOSE A SONG THAT YOU LIKE, AND THEN REWRITE IT,
BUT JUST WRITE NEW CHORDS TO IT AND DIFFERENT LYRICS BUT SORT OF
KEEP THE TRAJECTORY OF THE SONG, YOU KNOW.
>> Stephen: SO WHO WERE YOU REWRITING WHEN YOU WERE FIRST
WRITING SONGS?
>> WELL, I DIDN'T TAKE THAT ADVICE.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: YOU WERE ACCIDENTALLY ORIGINAL.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
BUT I -- WELL, YOU KNOW, I WAS EMULATING PEOPLE THAT I THOUGHT
WERE GOOD.
BUT I DID ONCE TRY TO WRITE A SONG THAT WAY.
I TOOK A BEATLES SONG "TREAT ME LIKE YOU DID THE NIGHT BEFORE"
AND I WROTE A SONG CALLED "TURN AWAY."
>> Stephen: OKAY, I WILL GO LISTEN TO THOSE BACK-TO-BACK.
>> THEY'RE NOTHING LIKE EACH OTHER, BUT IT REALLY DOES WORK,
THOUGH.
YOU TAKE A LONG SONGTHAT YOU LIKE AND THEN YOU JUST REARRANGE
IT, GIVE IT A DIFFERENT MELODY, DIFFERENT LYRICS.
YOU CAN COME CLOSE.
YOU MUSTN'T ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, STEAL IT.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: JUST BORROW IT.
JUST USE IT AS SORT OF A TEMPLATE, AS IT WERE, YEAH.
>> Stephen: JAMES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
"BREAK SHOT" IS AVAILABLE ON AUDIBLE NOW.
JAMES TAYLOR, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.