Quote

Famine and disaster, right there in front of you, and the more you watch, the less you do.

Jackson Browne

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Jackson Browne
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 9
Composer
Environmentalist
Guitarist
Keyboardist
Manufacturer
Musician
Pianist
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Clyde Jackson Browne
Fronts
Front
Watches
Watch
Media
Less
Famine
Art
Disaster
Right
Entertainment

More quotes by Jackson Browne

Image
But when you know that you've got a real friend somewhere, suddenly all the others are so much easier to bear.
Jackson Browne
Image
Coffee in the morning, cocaine afternoons.
Jackson Browne
Image
Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels. Looking back at the years gone by like so many summer fields.
Jackson Browne
Image
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
Jackson Browne
Image
I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain.
Jackson Browne
Image
Somewhere between the time you arrive and the time you go may lie a reason you were alive, but you'll never know.
Jackson Browne
Image
Do the steps that you've been shown, by everyone you've ever known, until the dance becomes your very own.
Jackson Browne
Image
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.
Jackson Browne
Image
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.
Jackson Browne
Image
Eleven on a scale of ten, honey, let me introduce you to my redneck friend.
Jackson Browne
Image
I'm sensitive, you know, about some things, and as some of my partners could attest to, incredibly insensitive.
Jackson Browne
Image
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.
Jackson Browne
Image
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?
Jackson Browne
Image
Rock me on the water Sister will you soothe my fevered brow Rock me on the water I'll get down to the sea somehow
Jackson Browne
Image
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.
Jackson Browne
Image
Caught between the longing for love, and the struggle for the legal tender, where the sirens sing and the church bells ring, and the junk man pounds his fender. Where the veterans dream of the fight, fast asleep at the traffic light, and the children solemnly wait for the ice cream vendor.
Jackson Browne
Image
I taught myself to play the piano, because I wanted to play it.
Jackson Browne
Image
That folk music led to learning to play, and making things up led to what turns out to be the most lucrative part of the music business - writing, because you get paid every time that song gets played.
Jackson Browne
Image
Now, guitar was pretty cool. Everybody knew something on the guitar. So I wanted to play guitar, but I told my dad if he wanted me to keep studying something, Id like to study piano.
Jackson Browne
Image
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.
Jackson Browne