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I'm grateful to my audience, that there are people who will buy a ticket and come and see us play and who essentially support me and this life of music.

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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