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Famine and disaster, right there in front of you, and the more you watch, the less you do.
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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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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Don't confront me with my failures, I had not forgotten them.
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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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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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Let the disappointments pass, let the laughter fill your glass.
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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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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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I'd have to say that my favorite thing is writing a song that really says how I feel, what I believe - and it even explains the world to myself better than I knew it.
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Where the search for the truth is conducted with a wink and a nod And where power and position are equated with the grace of God These times are famine for the soul while for the senses it's a feast From the edge of my country, as far as you see, looking east
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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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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'm sensitive, you know, about some things, and as some of my partners could attest to, incredibly insensitive.
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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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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've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.
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Out into the cool of the evening strolls the pretender. He knows that all his hopes and dreams begin and end there.
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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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Make it on your own if you think you can.If you see somewhere to go, I understand.
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