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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.
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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