Jackson Browne quote: "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."

I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain.
JACKSON BROWNE

And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstr...
JACKSON BROWNE

Also, right at that particular time in the music business, because of people like the Beatles, peopl...
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I'm a big fan of British journalists like 'The Independent's Robert Fisk, but it's h...
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As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson Mand...
JACKSON BROWNE

Musician jokes are a kind of joke that usually have to do with how much money someone makes. Musicia...
JACKSON BROWNE

I wrote the song For A Dancer for a friend of mine who died in a fire. He was in the sauna in a hous...
JACKSON BROWNE

When I really started liking music was when I could play some of it myself, and after a couple of ye...
JACKSON BROWNE

That folk music led to learning to play, and making things up led to what turns out to be the most l...
JACKSON BROWNE

We have an open society. No one will come and take me away for saying what I am saying. But they don...
JACKSON BROWNE

So I had a couple of years of playing trumpet. I really enjoyed it, but it was not the kind of instr...
JACKSON BROWNE

Music itself is a great source of relaxation. Parts of it anyway. Working in the studio, that's ...
JACKSON BROWNE

I've also gotten to play in front of a million people in Central Park when there was a grass roo...
JACKSON BROWNE

That's maybe the most important thing each generation does, is to break a lot of rules and make ...
JACKSON BROWNE

I told my father I wanted to play the banjo, and so he saved the money and got ready to give me a ba...
JACKSON BROWNE

You can take as much as you can from the generation that has preceded you, but then it's up to y...
JACKSON BROWNE

I'd have to say that my favorite thing is writing a song that really says how I feel, what I bel...
JACKSON BROWNE

Right around the end of the fifties, college students and young people in general, began to realize ...
JACKSON BROWNE

Like, What is the least often heard sentence in the English language? That would be: Say, isn't ...
JACKSON BROWNE

No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown, in the end there is one dance you'l...
JACKSON BROWNE

I love to read. I love to stretch. In the morning, I get up, and if I'm not in a hurry, I will l...
JACKSON BROWNE

Very often it's really inconvenient - who you fall in love with. You can't really control it...
JACKSON BROWNE

When you've found another soul who see's in to your own...take good care of each other..and remember...
JACKSON BROWNE

Don't confront me with my failures. I have not forgotten them.
JACKSON BROWNE

No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown, in the end there is one dance you'll do alo...
JACKSON BROWNE

I'm sensitive, you know, about some things, and as some of my partners could attest to, incredib...
JACKSON BROWNE

If someone said, 'You can go live in this little town in Costa Rica for a couple of weeks and al...
JACKSON BROWNE

People know more about baseball players' contracts than they do about the policies that govern t...
JACKSON BROWNE

The biggest influence? I've had several at different times - but the biggest for me was Bob Dyla...
JACKSON BROWNE

I get some heat for what English people call 'overproduction.' I don't think my older st...
JACKSON BROWNE

English people are so trapped in this class paradigm.
JACKSON BROWNE

You would think with all the genius and the brilliance of these times, we might find a higher purpos...
JACKSON BROWNE

And while the future's there for anyone to change, still you know it's seemsIt would be easier somet...
JACKSON BROWNE

Doctor my eyes, they can not see the sky.Is this the prize for having learned now not to cry?
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Where the touch of the lover endsAnd the soul of the friend beginsThere's a need to be separate and ...
JACKSON BROWNE

It was a great time to be born, because I got to have my own publishing company right from the begin...
JACKSON BROWNE

Where the touch of the lover ends
And the soul of the friend begins
There's a need to be sep...
JACKSON BROWNE

Doctor my eyes, they can not see the sky.
Is this the prize for having learned now not to cry?
JACKSON BROWNE

And while the future's there for anyone to change, still you know it's seems
It would be easier ...
JACKSON BROWNE

A great burden was lifted from my shoulders the day I realized that no one owes me anything.
HARRY BROWNE

Like many people, most Libertarians feel empathy and sympathy for less fortunate people. But they kn...
HARRY BROWNE

What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently...
HARRY BROWNE

You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - ...
HARRY BROWNE

Some people object to libertarian ideas because there are too many irresponsible people in the world...
HARRY BROWNE

Only free people have an incentive to be virtuous. Only people who bear the consequences of their ow...
HARRY BROWNE

There was no military reason to drop atomic bombs on Japan. They were used as terrorist weapons - ki...
HARRY BROWNE

You are where you are today because you have chosen to be there.
HARRY BROWNE

Government is force, pure and simple. There's no way to sugar-coat that. And because government ...
HARRY BROWNE

When people do things for you, it's because they want to - because you, in some way, give them s...
HARRY BROWNE

Everything you want in life has a price connected to it. There's a price to pay if you want to m...
HARRY BROWNE

In the 1880s, people all over the world looked to America for inspiration. Its very existence was pr...
HARRY BROWNE

I found that I was getting a warm reception for my message of freeing you from the income tax, relea...
HARRY BROWNE

Libertarians know that a free country has nothing to fear from anyone coming in or going out - while...
HARRY BROWNE

It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken fo...
HARRY BROWNE

The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do - by yourself, upon your own initiative.
HARRY BROWNE

Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while ...
HARRY BROWNE

A Libertarian society of unfettered individualism spreads its benefits to virtually everyone - not j...
HARRY BROWNE

Since no one but you can know what's best for you, government control can't make your life b...
HARRY BROWNE

You know, bad people, I've never seen bad people have angels.
SYLVIA BROWNE

Forcing people to be generous isn't humanitarian, effective, compassionate or moral. Only acts t...
HARRY BROWNE

Men don't know enough about being courteous toward women. You should get into a cab before a wom...
THOM BROWNE

The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.
THOMAS BROWNE

The world -- A small parenthesis in eternity.
THOMAS BROWNE

Whatever the price, identify it now. What will you have to go through to get where you want to be? T...
HARRY BROWNE

Security... it's simply the recognition that changes will take place and the knowledge that you're w...
HARRY BROWNE

When you know that you're capable of dealing with whatever comes, you have the only security the wor...
HARRY BROWNE

The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do -- by yourself, upon your own initiative.
HARRY BROWNE

You don't need an explanation for everything, Recognize that there are such things as miracles -- ev...
HARRY BROWNE

Everything you want in life has a price connected to it. There's a price to pay if you want to make ...
HARRY BROWNE

The elegance of honesty needs no adornment.
MERRY BROWNE

You don't have to buy from anyone. You don't have to work at any particular job. You don't have to p...
HARRY BROWNE

You are where you are today because you've chosen to be there.
HARRY BROWNE

Everyone will experience the consequences of his own acts. If his act are right, he'll get good cons...
HARRY BROWNE

... not picked from the leaves of any author, but bred amongst the weeds and tares of mine own brain...
THOMAS BROWNE

It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many millions of faces, there should be none alike...
THOMAS BROWNE

There is music wherever there is harmony, order, or proportion.
THOMAS BROWNE

The elegance of honesty needs no adornment.
MARY BROWNE

I'm not Amish, but I grew up in that same area of Pennsylvania and became very attracted to the ...
THOM BROWNE

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.
THOMAS BROWNE

The more painful it is, tragically, the more you do learn, though, that's the good part.
SYLVIA BROWNE

A ghost is someone who hasn't made it - in other words, who died, and they don't know they&#...
SYLVIA BROWNE

Gorillas remind me of my father. He was a very big, physically strong man but also very sensitive.
ANTHONY BROWNE

Contrary to all the blather we here about the unique goodness of the American people or our religiou...
HARRY BROWNE

The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, mor...
HARRY BROWNE

Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave.
THOMAS BROWNE

I do a lot of stuff. I mean, you know, charity work.
SYLVIA BROWNE

The first things I remember drawing were battles - big sheets of paper covered in terrible scenes of...
ANTHONY BROWNE

Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks.
THOMAS BROWNE

The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a care...
HARRY BROWNE

Since Brooks Brothers is a 189-year-old company, there are plenty of references and inspirations I c...
THOM BROWNE

This is state of the art technology that will put us ahead of most other universities because most o...
ALICIA BROWNE

Although it's a new thing for the University, it is really very common.
ALICIA BROWNE

For students, it will seem like any other residence hall. They are going to be run by our department...
ALICIA BROWNE

The numbers are very good, but they didn't exceed what we expected.
ALICIA BROWNE

We expect to be able to accommodate all of the residents who want to remain in Palmer and any women ...
ALICIA BROWNE

I do think that the staff in a suite-style residence hall has to take into consideration that helpin...
ALICIA BROWNE

We have found that there is no one style of residence hall that is perfect for every student. That's...
ALICIA BROWNE

Based on past experience with Bryce Lawn, we should be able to accommodate the students who want to ...
ALICIA BROWNE

If you want to live with us, you'll have to have that in.
ALICIA BROWNE

Energy costs have increased all over campus since Hurricane Katrina. It affects not only our heating...
ALICIA BROWNE

Stories come to me in mysterious ways, more like dreams than reasoned creations.
ANTHONY BROWNE

A fair trial is one in which the rules of evidence are honored, the accused has competent counsel, a...
HARRY BROWNE

Designing is so easy - it's the business that is hard. That's why you really have to respect...
THOM BROWNE

After art college, I got a job as a medical illustrator, and I was pretty good. I had to imagine wha...
ANTHONY BROWNE

Worrying can be a kind of caring, and as such is a healthy part of a balanced emotional life.
ANTHONY BROWNE

When people have too many choices, they make bad choices.
THOM BROWNE

The first step in freeing yourself from social restrictions is the realization that there is no such...
HARRY BROWNE

I'm sorry that I can't snap my fingers and undo 50 years of bad American foreign policy.
HARRY BROWNE

From 17 to 21, I was obsessed by sport and art. In art, I loved the pre-Raphaelites and Rembrandt fi...
ANTHONY BROWNE

You can't talk about defeating insurgencies in the same way that you can with a conventional arm...
DES BROWNE

It's so sad: anything that has to do with God, people want to dispel.
SYLVIA BROWNE

You don't have to buy from anyone. You don't have to work at any particular job. You don't have to p...
HARRY BROWNE

While we are deploying troops in their thousands, we lose the chance to build up their basic skills.
DES BROWNE

But, actually, it is only Americans who say that our freedoms and prosperity are the reason foreigne...
HARRY BROWNE

We live in a very uncertain world, and I think that uncertainty of itself generates an environment w...
DES BROWNE

See, Heaven is not someplace on a disc in the sky floating around, it's right here amongst us.
SYLVIA BROWNE

As a boy, I devoured comics but never saw what we now describe as a picture book.
ANTHONY BROWNE

Everyone dreams, but not everybody remembers their dreams because some people go into delta; they go...
SYLVIA BROWNE

Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living.
THOMAS BROWNE

Preconcieved notions are the locks on the door to wisdom. -Merry Browne.
MERRY BROWNE

We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.
THOMAS BROWNE

My master's degree was in English literature.
SYLVIA BROWNE

Never forget that children are at the heart of everything we do. Respect them, listen to them, talk ...
ANTHONY BROWNE

Force me to choose my best book, and I always come back to 'Gorilla.' It was the first time ...
ANTHONY BROWNE

There are some days when history is made. Yesterday was one - and I was honoured to be in Washington...
DES BROWNE

No one likes to be ticketed for double-parking. That is no excuse for you to tolerate columnist Carm...
PAUL BROWNE

As a child, I'd always liked cowboys and Indians stories where there were two layers - gruesome ...
ANTHONY BROWNE

Forcible ways make not an end of evil, but leave hatred and malice behind them.
THOMAS BROWNE

Steve Jobs was Galileo in a past life. Discovery was instinctual for him.
SYLVIA BROWNE

It's abundantly clear that we already have extraterrestrials living among us, and people are steppin...
SYLVIA BROWNE

If you are an animal lover like me, the loss of a pet is as devastating as the loss of a person. Let...
SYLVIA BROWNE

A spirit is, like, your mother, my dad, who've made it. They can come around, but they come around i...
SYLVIA BROWNE

A ghost is someone who hasn't made it - in other words, who died, and they don't know they're dead. ...
SYLVIA BROWNE

I was born this way, and I don't know how I do it. I can do it from a piece of paper. I can do it fr...
SYLVIA BROWNE

The weeds keep multiplying in our garden, which is our mind ruled by fear. Rip them out and call the...
SYLVIA BROWNE

Animal totems, like the tiger, come from the Other Side to protect us while we are away from Home.
SYLVIA BROWNE

Let me assure you that all of our pets, and animals of every kind will be with us for eternity on th...
SYLVIA BROWNE

Charity But how shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to ourselves? Chari...
THOMAS BROWNE

A secure individual...knows that the responsibility for anything concerning his life remains with hi...
HARRY BROWNE

While most people in TV, radio, and the press have treated me wonderfully, some of the most importan...
HARRY BROWNE

The process of establishing the identity of passport applicants needs to be strengthened by introduc...
DES BROWNE

Nothing should be perfect. I think that's the most important thing. I do wear my jackets almost ...
THOM BROWNE

Primarily, it's because this is Poplar Bluff, and there isn't anything that remotely comes close [to...
RICHARD BROWNE

The communitarians may say you've been enjoying too much individual freedom, and that you must g...
HARRY BROWNE

One of my main decisions when accepting the job of Children's Laureate was that I must continue ...
ANTHONY BROWNE

The illustrations in picture books are the first paintings most children see, and because of that, t...
ANTHONY BROWNE

He's been absolutely crucial. We wouldn't have done squat without Jim.
HARRY BROWNE

Government is good at one thing: It knows how to break your legs, hand you a crutch and say, 'See if...
HARRY BROWNE

We recognize how important mining is to this community, and it's definitely not our goal to shut it ...
HARRY BROWNE

A great burden was lifted from my shoulders the day I realized that no one owes me anything.
HARRY BROWNE

When you know that you're capable of dealing with whatever comes, you have the only security the wor...
HARRY BROWNE

Whatever the price, identify it now. What will you have to go through to get where you want to be? T...
HARRY BROWNE

I won't try to describe the various ways I tried to get the cake plate back to her without being con...
HARRY BROWNE

You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in f...
HARRY BROWNE

Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion.
THOMAS BROWNE

Regarding Sunday's games, we will make no decision today. We'll gather information and speak to seve...
JOE BROWNE

I'm not aware that an agreement has been reached. The scheduling of games needs approval of the comm...
JOE BROWNE

Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.
MARY BROWNE

Picture books are being marginalised. I get the feeling children are being pushed away from picture ...
ANTHONY BROWNE

It's becoming more common for the bigger chains to want to grow. The smaller ones are being weeded o...
MICHAEL BROWNE

I had good opportunities most of the (front) nine and managed to get under par early, caught a groov...
OLIN BROWNE

Libertarians understand a very simple fact of life: Government doesn't work. It can't delive...
HARRY BROWNE

Finally I just [was] so bad I couldn't do it anymore. I was just really irritated with my game and w...
OLIN BROWNE

Whatever he does in office, no man can live up to the high expectations of the world, but we have be...
DES BROWNE

I had just been promoted to the first rugby team. It was a perfect, wonderful coming of age. My brot...
ANTHONY BROWNE

It's nice to be remembered for your commitment to the tour. But at some point, you have to validate ...
OLIN BROWNE

It's a little bit different feeling to start out with a lead and play with it all day long, and then...
OLIN BROWNE

It's been so long. I'm speechless.
OLIN BROWNE

We just have to wait until the last few holes to see the way things shake out, ... With as many guys...
OLIN BROWNE

If you're playing great, you start thinking about what could happen and your game could fall apart, ...
OLIN BROWNE

It's a hard place to be, ... Everybody wants a piece of you. Guys are crawling out of the booth to i...
OLIN BROWNE

This golf course is brutally difficult in place. This golf course is all you want. It's like boxing ...
OLIN BROWNE

I think we've seen the easiest it has to offer. I would hope they don't look at a couple of red numb...
OLIN BROWNE

I thought it was for 58, ... I've always had trouble with math.
OLIN BROWNE

A rubber O-ring failed, the flames leaked out, burned through the orange (fuel) tank, exploded the o...
PHILIP BROWNE

You said we had to be a good Russian corporate citizen. I have not forgotten that agenda.
JOHN BROWNE

The course is playing very different from yesterday. It's playing much faster. The greens are starti...
OLIN BROWNE

[But not only are our pets waiting,] animals of every kind live on the Other Side, ... you are not c...
SYLVIA BROWNE

Buck Moore is signing more autographs than anybody else this week. He's a superstar.
OLIN BROWNE

I'm only sorry that I wasn't out there to do something about it. But I'm in here. My hands are tied.
MANDINGA BROWNE

I blame him for losing his temper, but I blame her for bringing him into our house. She let that abu...
MANDINGA BROWNE

The more painful it is, tragically, the more you do learn, though, that's the good part.
SYLVIA BROWNE

You never grow old until you've lost all your marvels.
MERRY BROWNE

There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, whe...
THOMAS BROWNE

Seersucker and khaki suits are the key to looking put-together in the summer. I also wear shorts yea...
THOM BROWNE

The basic fact is, the police targeted this young man simply because he looked Middle Eastern.
BROWNE GREENE

Just because the news media gives disproportionate attention to one crime over others does not mean ...
PAUL BROWNE

Always keep a bottle of Champagne in the fridge for special occasions. Sometimes, the special occasi...
HESTER BROWNE

He said, 'I'm the person you're looking for,' and he stabbed himself three times in the neck.
PAUL BROWNE

Be bigger than hurting others, crush our idea of perfectionism and be yourself because that’s when...
BRITNEY BROWNE

I'm not daydreaming out there. I was working.
OLIN BROWNE

success is not an achievement it's what you believe
SPENCER BROWNE

She was affectionate, but she was irresponsible in a lot of ways.
MANDINGA BROWNE

Natura nihil agit frustra, [Nature does nothing in vain] is the only indisputed Axiome in Philosophy...
THOMAS BROWNE

Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good.
THOMAS BROWNE

I personally felt that one representative would have been adequate.
WILLIAM BROWNE

He looked like a guy looking for his wallet.
OLIN BROWNE

It's sad that the cell phone is replacing the watch as a time-telling device. I wear a vintage w...
THOM BROWNE

Just like a pendulum, ... the current-account theme is back in the market.
MEG BROWNE

Reincarnation occurs because we decide that we haven't learned enough lessons.
SYLVIA BROWNE

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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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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