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I think good music makes you feel free, and if people feel free when they come to a show or listen to my music, that would mean the world to me.

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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I think that we're all totally isolated beings and always will be.
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I can't thank you enough for showing up. It's not the same without you.
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A concert is always like a feast day to me.
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Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place in terms of what's important and what's not.
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One of my earliest memories was me singing 'Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' at the top of my voice when I was seven. I got totally carried away. My grandmother, Sarah, was in the next room. I didn't even realise she was there. I was terribly embarrassed.
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I believe musicians have a duty, a responsibility to reach out, to share your love or pain with others.
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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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All it really needed was the proper point of view. No one's gonna bring me down.
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I don't find the songs they find me. I just strum my guitar and wait for a lyric to come.
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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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