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I feel like if you let someone else create your vision, then it's not true to your band. No one can ever do as good as you want, or as good as you can yourself.
James Taylor
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James Taylor
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 12
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Boston
Massachusetts
James Vernon Taylor
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