Jackson Browne Quotes

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• The idea that I wrote something that stood for the way I feel about things, and that it lasts, that's probably my favorite thing that… Favorite
• More than a career, I feel that I've got a function. I see things in a much more holistic way. Some people bake the bread,… Bake
• No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown, in the end there is one dance you'll do alone. Alone
• Music itself is a great source of relaxation. Parts of it anyway. Working in the studio, that's not relaxing, but playing an instrument that I… Any
• That's maybe the most important thing each generation does, is to break a lot of rules and make up their own way of doing things. Break
• Also, right at that particular time in the music business, because of people like the Beatles, people began owning their own publishing. I'll just say… Beatles
• You would think with all the genius and the brilliance of these times, we might find a higher purpose and a better use of mind. All
• I've also gotten to play in front of a million people in Central Park when there was a grass roots movement calling for nuclear disarmament… Called
• Somewhere between the time you arrive and the time you go may lie a reason you were alive, but you'll never know. Alive
• I'd have to say that my favorite thing is writing a song that really says how I feel, what I believe - and it even… Believe
• Self-discovery in songwriting, bringing something forth that's instructive to yourself - some of the best songs that you will ever write are the ones where… Any
• And while the future's there for anyone to change, still you know it's seems, It would be easier sometimes to change the past. Anyone
• I'm sensitive, you know, about some things, and as some of my partners could attest to, incredibly insensitive. Attest
• I'm a big fan of British journalists like 'The Independent”s Robert Fisk, but it's hard to find voices like his in the U.S. Big
• The biggest influence? I've had several at different times - but the biggest for me was Bob Dylan, who was a guy that came along… All
• You can take as much as you can from the generation that has preceded you, but then it's up to you to make something new. From
• So what I do, more than play any instrument - I mean, I love to play - but more than that, I write songs. Songs… All
• It was a great time to be born, because I got to have my own publishing company right from the beginning, so I made more… Beginning
• My forays into trying to date girls my own age from the school I went to were all pretty tortured. Age
• Musician jokes are a kind of joke that usually have to do with how much money someone makes. Musicians are always starving, so they're really… Always Starving

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