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I'm looking forward to being able to retire from being a public figure and being able to afford to be myself!
James Taylor
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James Taylor
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 12
Guitarist
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Singer-Songwriter
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Boston
Massachusetts
James Vernon Taylor
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