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Never give up, never slow down, never grow old and never ever die young.

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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 can't thank you enough for showing up. It's not the same without you.
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In my mind I'm going to Carolina. Can't you see the sunshine, can't you just feel the moonshine? Ain't it just like a friend of mine, to hit me from behind, and I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind.
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Do me wrong, do me right, tell me lies, but hold me tight.
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If you feel like singing along, don't.
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I've seen fire and I've seen rain I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend But I always thought that I'd see you again.
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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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In the beginning, there was a kind of energy that - like an urgency to express myself, and the songs just couldn't be held in. But I think it changes, the nature of how that - what that energy is. And I need to court the muse in a much more serious way.
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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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