Sally Taylor

Sally Taylor is an American singer, songwriter, artist, musician, writer, and educator. She has released three studio albums and her songs have appeared in films, Anywhere but Here, Interview, Adventureland, and Me, Myself & Irene, among others. She has performed on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Martha Stewart Show, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Taylor is the founder of the art organization, Consenses, and created the social-emotional learning (SEL), Consenses Classroom. She is an advocate and educator for youth with dyslexia and has spoken publicly about her own struggles with dyslexia including giving a TEDx talk in Nashville, TN. She taught songwriting and performance at Berklee College of Music and is also a philanthropist who has worked toward addressing the problem of landmines in Southeast Asia. Early life Sarah Maria Taylor was born on January 7, 1974 in New York City to James Taylor and Carly Simon. She attended Tabor Academy and began writing songs as a teenager. When asked about her mother's role in learning how to write songs, she said, I asked my mom "can you show me how to write a song?" and she said "Sal, if you're meant to write songs you'll just know how to do it". She played with various bands in high school, and was a co-founder of the student rock band, The Slip. While attending Brown University, Taylor taught herself to play the guitar and performed as a solo artist. At 20 years old, she survived a plane crash in Peru, motivating her to organize and record all of her songs, which led to the recording of her first album, Tomboy Bride.