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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
Ride
Lovely
Hard
Trying

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