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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
Music
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Life
Essentially
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Won't you look down upon me Jesus, you've got to help me make a stand. You just got to see me through another day.
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Never give up, never slow down, never grow old and never ever die young.
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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 wanted to perform, I wanted to write songs, and I wanted to get lots of chicks.
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