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Try not to try too hard, It's just a lovely ride.

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
Lovely
Hard
Trying
Ride

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I'm always making music. I'm constantly making little musical recordings on my phone or on a little voice recorder I carry with me so I can remember these little pieces of music that eventually becomes songs.
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Never give up, never slow down, never grow old and never ever die young.
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I'm trying to look at my blessings and how amazingly well against all odds things have turned out for me.
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I feel like if you let someone else create your vision, then it's not true to your band. No one can ever do as good as you want, or as good as you can yourself.
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I don't get into heavy political numbers because I don't find them lyrical.
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I know now one thing only matters in these days... true love... love and love alone.
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I can't thank you enough for showing up. It's not the same without you.
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I think that we're all totally isolated beings and always will be.
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I told you that I love you, I was only telling a lie. I'll be long gone come the crack of dawn and I believe the word is goodbye.
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Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place in terms of what's important and what's not.
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