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I don't play the kind of music that works in a football stadium.

James Taylor

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James Taylor
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 12
Guitarist
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
James Vernon Taylor
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I'm glad about what's happening to the music business. This last crop of people we had in the 90s, who are going away now, they didn't like music. They didn't trust musicians. They wanted something else from it.
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Sobering up was responsible for breaking up my marriage. That's what it couldn't stand.
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I don't find the songs they find me. I just strum my guitar and wait for a lyric to come.
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Never give up, never slow down, never grow old and never ever die young.
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There'll come a writing phase where you have to defend the time, unplug the phone and put in the hours to get it done.
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There ain't no doubt in my mind that love is the finest thing around
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I collect hats. That's what you do when you're bald.
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Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place in terms of what's important and what's not.
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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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Do me wrong, do me right, tell me lies, but hold me tight.
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I wanted to perform, I wanted to write songs, and I wanted to get lots of chicks.
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I think good music makes you feel free, and if people feel free when they come to a show or listen to my music, that would mean the world to me.
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All it really needed was the proper point of view. No one's gonna bring me down.
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