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I'm trying to look at my blessings and how amazingly well against all odds things have turned out for me.
James Taylor
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James Taylor
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 12
Guitarist
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Boston
Massachusetts
James Vernon Taylor
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In my mind I'm going to Carolina. Can't you see the sunshine, can't you just feel the moonshine? Ain't it just like a friend of mine, to hit me from behind, and I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind.
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I know there are people who don't like their audience or like the experience of being recognized or celebrated, but my audience has been very good - they don't bother me and when they do contact me it's usually on the nicest possible terms.
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Though the body sleeps, the heart will never rest.
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I am myself for a living. I don't animate a character.
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I have a studio in a barn at home - we rehearse there, we film there and we record there. It's fun to hang out with my guys and see what comes out next.
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Music reminds us that the universe loves us
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I collect hats. That's what you do when you're bald.
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I think people are isolated because of the nature of human consciousness, and they like it when they feel the connection between themselves and someone else.
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Won't you look down upon me Jesus, you've got to help me make a stand. You just got to see me through another day.
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Maybe my biggest aim is to bring a sense of that old mystery of rock 'n' roll into the new age of today's instantaneous and fast world.
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If I were to try to identify a turning point I'd say that was it - getting clean.
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Try not to try too hard, It's just a lovely ride.
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I think that we're all totally isolated beings and always will be.
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Einstein said that he never could understand it all, the planets spinning in space, the smile upon your face.
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If you feel like singing along, don't.
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I think it surprises a lot of people that I'm still around, you know, still - that I'm not pushing up daisies, as they say.
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Sobering up was responsible for breaking up my marriage. That's what it couldn't stand.
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