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Einstein said that he never could understand it all, the planets spinning in space, the smile upon your face.
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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If you feel like singing along, don't.
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