James Taylor’s "Montana"

To write lyrics for these songs on this album I found I had to basically steal away, and just hole up in various places for a week at a time without distractions. In this case, I borrowed a friend’s place in Montana, just outside of Big Sky, Montana. It was a beautiful little rustic kind of a cabin that overlooked this valley and there was like twelve feet of snow outside. After a couple of days, I started writing about the place I was in. It’s a song about longing for a simpler existence; the tug between wanderlust and wanting to be on the road and in the world, and at the same time, the appeal of being at home and staying in one place. Once the song started to appear and manifest, it was quickly clear that it was going to be about where I was in Montana. It’s a song that’s kind of rooted in the landscape, if it was a painting it would be a landscape painting.

Listen to "Montana": http://www.stereogum.com/1801715/qa-james-taylor-on-songwriting-sobriety-taylor-swift-montana-stereogum-premiere/franchises/interview/

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Montana…. Shouldn’t you be here growing your company, raising your family and living the Big Sky dream? http://business.mt.gov/