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Let the disappointments pass Let the laughter fill your glass Let the illusions last until they shatter Whatever you might hope to find among the thoughts that crowd your mind There won't be many that ever really matter.

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Jackson Browne
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 9
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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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Right around the end of the fifties, college students and young people in general, began to realize that this music was almost like a history of our country - this music contained the real history of the people of this country.
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Take it easy, take it easyDon't let the sound of your own wheelsDrive you crazy.
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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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I followed those highway signs and I've run down those thin white lines.
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I let her do some of my laundry and she slipped in a few meals in between, and next thing I remember, she was all moved in.
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The first to come and the last to go, working for that minimum wage.
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But when you know that you've got a real friend somewhere, suddenly all the others are so much easier to bear.
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I told my father I wanted to play the banjo, and so he saved the money and got ready to give me a banjo for my next birthday, and between that time and my birthday, I lost interest in the banjo and was playing guitar.
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