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" James Taylor has announced plans to spend the year writing new music. The singer-songwriter has not released an album of new material since 2002&amp;#039;s October Road, which reached number four on the US chart. Taylor spent most of last year campaigning for US President Barack Obama, but he has now told Rolling Stone that he is ready to focus on recording. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s funny to say, but you actually have to be bored in order to write,&amp;quot; the musician joked. He added more seriously of his next album: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m looking forward to some empty time in front of me to really focus on the music again. That&amp;#039;s what I&amp;#039;m meant to do.&amp;quot; Taylor has sold more than 12 million copies of his Greatest Hits album in the US alone and is one of the most successful touring acts of the rock era. He has also won five Grammy Awards and is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Watch James Taylor perform &amp;#039;Don&amp;#039;t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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