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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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