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Maybe my biggest aim is to bring a sense of that old mystery of rock 'n' roll into the new age of today's instantaneous and fast world.

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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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Mystery
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Maybe
Instantaneous
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Do me wrong, do me right, tell me lies, but hold me tight.
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Einstein said that he never could understand it all, the planets spinning in space, the smile upon your face.
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I am myself for a living. I don't animate a character.
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I know there are people who don't like their audience or like the experience of being recognized or celebrated, but my audience has been very good - they don't bother me and when they do contact me it's usually on the nicest possible terms.
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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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