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It's easier to make an album, harder to figure out how to get people to notice it.

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
Harder
Easier
Make
People
Album
Notice
Albums
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I'm trying to look at my blessings and how amazingly well against all odds things have turned out for me.
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If you feel like singing along, don't.
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Never give up, never slow down, never grow old and never ever die young.
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Though the body sleeps, the heart will never rest.
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