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It's a real wrenching thing to go from being a private person to being a public person, especially when you're being autobiographical.

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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Real
Thing
Wrenching
Autobiographical
Private
Especially
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Persons

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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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Never give up, never slow down, never grow old and never ever die young.
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I know now one thing only matters in these days... true love... love and love alone.
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