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Do me wrong, do me right, tell me lies, but hold me tight.

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James Taylor
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 12
Guitarist
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
James Vernon Taylor
Wrong
Lying
Tell
Right
Tight
Lies
Hold

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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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Sobering up was responsible for breaking up my marriage. That's what it couldn't stand.
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I think that we're all totally isolated beings and always will be.
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I don't know much about God. But if everything does originate with God, then certainly songs do as well.
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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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