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I don't find the songs they find me. I just strum my guitar and wait for a lyric to come.

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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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Music
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Guitar
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If you feel like singing along, don't.
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I think that we're all totally isolated beings and always will be.
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Whenever I see your smiling face, I have to smile myself, because I love you, yes I do.
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