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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.
Jackson Browne
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Jackson Browne
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 9
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Clyde Jackson Browne
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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 biggest influence? I've had several at different times - but the biggest for me was Bob Dylan, who was a guy that came along when I was twelve or thirteen and just changed all the rules about what it meant to write songs.
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Hunger in the midnight, hunger at the stroke of noon Hunger in the banquet, hunger in the bride and groom Hunger on the TV, hunger on the printed page And there's a God-sized hunger underneath the questions of the age
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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.
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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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Eleven on a scale of ten, honey, let me introduce you to my redneck friend.
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Take it easy, take it easyDon't let the sound of your own wheelsDrive you crazy.
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I followed those highway signs and I've run down those thin white lines.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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I never was a very good singer.
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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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