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I don't know much about God. But if everything does originate with God, then certainly songs do as well.

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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Do me wrong, do me right, tell me lies, but hold me tight.
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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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I'm glad about what's happening to the music business. This last crop of people we had in the 90s, who are going away now, they didn't like music. They didn't trust musicians. They wanted something else from it.
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