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I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain.

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Jackson Browne
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 9
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Clyde Jackson Browne
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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 this really quickly - they used to divide the money for the music that was written in two, just equal halves.
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I never was a very good singer.
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I love to read. I love to stretch. In the morning, I get up, and if I'm not in a hurry, I will lie on the floor on a rug, look through some books and magazines, and maybe listen to music and try to do stretching exercises to tune up.
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Now if I seem to be afraidTo live the life that I have made in songWell it's just that I've been losing so long.
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Don't confront me with my failures, I had not forgotten them.
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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 want to know what became of the changes we waited for love to bring/Were they only the fitful dreams of some greater awakening?
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Lighten up while you still can, don't even try to understand. Just find a place to make your stand, and take it easy.
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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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We may lose and we may win, but we will never be here again.
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You've had to struggle, you've had to fight To keep understanding and compassion in sight You could be laughing at me, you've got the right But you go on smiling so clear and so bright
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Take it easy, take it easyDon't let the sound of your own wheelsDrive you crazy.
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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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The first to come and the last to go, working for that minimum wage.
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I taught myself to play the piano, because I wanted to play it.
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No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown, in the end there is one dance you'll do alone.
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Do the steps that you've been shown, by everyone you've ever known, until the dance becomes your very own.
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Let the disappointments pass, let the laughter fill your glass.
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I want to find myself a girl who can show me what laughter means, and we'll fill in the missing numbers in each others paint-by-numbers dreams.
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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.
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