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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
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Boston
Massachusetts
James Vernon Taylor
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You have to choose whether to love yourself or not.
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I'm always making music. I'm constantly making little musical recordings on my phone or on a little voice recorder I carry with me so I can remember these little pieces of music that eventually becomes songs.
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Though the body sleeps, the heart will never rest.
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I was in chemical jail.
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I have a studio in a barn at home - we rehearse there, we film there and we record there. It's fun to hang out with my guys and see what comes out next.
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I sometimes wonder how many of these lifetime achievement awards you can accept before you have to do the decent thing and die.
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Music reminds us that the universe loves us
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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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I don't build no heathen temples, where the Lord has done laid a hand. There's a well on the hill, let it be.
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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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