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The first to come and the last to go, working for that minimum wage.
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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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.
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Somewhere between the time you arrive and the time you go may lie a reason you were alive, but you'll never know.
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Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels. Looking back at the years gone by like so many summer fields.
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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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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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Make it on your own if you think you can.If you see somewhere to go, I understand.
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Coffee in the morning, cocaine afternoons.
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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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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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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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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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I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain.
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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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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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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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Eleven on a scale of ten, honey, let me introduce you to my redneck friend.
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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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Very often it's really inconvenient - who you fall in love with. You can't really control it.
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Famine and disaster, right there in front of you, and the more you watch, the less you do.
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