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As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson Mandela when he was a political prisoner in South Africa. We were celebrating his 70th birthday and calling for his release.
Jackson Browne
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Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 9
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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.
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Coffee in the morning, cocaine afternoons.
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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 money than somebody would have doing what I did ten or fifteen years before.
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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 I've done.
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When you turn out the light, I've got to hand it to me. Looks like it's you and me again tonight Rosie.
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I look around for the friends I used to turn to pull me through. Looking into their eyes, I see them running, too.
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So I had a couple of years of playing trumpet. I really enjoyed it, but it was not the kind of instrument you could whip out at a party. Let's face it.
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And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong. My dad thought my teeth came together in a way that was perfect for playing the trumpet.
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That folk music led to learning to play, and making things up led to what turns out to be the most lucrative part of the music business - writing, because you get paid every time that song gets played.
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Take it easy, take it easyDon't let the sound of your own wheelsDrive you crazy.
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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.
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Let the disappointments pass, let the laughter fill your glass.
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Make it on your own if you think you can.If you see somewhere to go, I understand.
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