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If I were to try to identify a turning point I'd say that was it - getting clean.

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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Cleaning
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Turning
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Getting

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