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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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Jackson Browne
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 9
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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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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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