Well, I'm a standing on a cornerIn Winslow, ArizonaAnd such a fine sight to see,It's a girl, my lord, in a flatbed FordSlowin' down to have a look at me. Jackson Browne More Quotes by Jackson Browne More Quotes From Jackson Browne Right around the end of the fifties, college students and young people in general, began to realize that this music was almost like a history of our country - this music contained the real history of the people of this country. Jackson Browne real college country Let the music keep our spirits high, let the buildings keep our children dry, let creation reveal its secrets by and bye. Jackson Browne rock-and-roll bye children So it's not really whether you talk about politics, but how well were you able to do it. Peter Gabriel and Sting get away with it...U2...the examples are there, of people being able to carry these subjects in the music, and the audience is absolutely able to embrace subjects that aren't just the stuff they already know about. And they're actually able to learn stuff. Jackson Browne example writing people I'm not sure what I'm trying to say, it could be that I've lost my way. Jackson Browne honesty trying way I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain. Jackson Browne mark grew-up reading When you turn out the light, I've got to hand it to me. Looks like it's you and me again tonight Rosie. Jackson Browne light hands looks I'm sensitive, you know, about some things, and as some of my partners could attest to, incredibly insensitive. Jackson Browne insensitive sensitive partners 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 guitar birthday father But when you know that you've got a real friend somewhere, suddenly all the others are so much easier to bear. Jackson Browne easier real bears These days I seem to think about the things I forgot to do for you and all the times I had a chance to. Jackson Browne sadness chance thinking 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. Jackson Browne done way ideas You measure peace with guns, progress in megatons. Who's left when the war is won? Jackson Browne gun war peace Musician jokes are a kind of joke that usually have to do with how much money someone makes. Musicians are always starving, so they're really mean to each other about who makes what. Jackson Browne musician kind mean You've had to struggle, you've had to fight Jackson Browne fighting compassion struggle Self-discovery in songwriting, bringing something forth that's instructive to yourself - some of the best songs that you will ever write are the ones where you didn't have to think about any of that stuff, but nonetheless that's what's happening in the song. Jackson Browne music writing song Talk about celestial bodies. Jackson Browne celestial-bodies body compliment I'm gonna be a happy idiot and struggle for the legal tender. Where the ads take aim and lay their claim to the heart and the soul of the spender. And believe in whatever may lie in those things that money can buy, though true love could have been a contender. Jackson Browne struggle believe lying People stand themselves next to the righteous They believe the things they say are true They speak in terms of what divides us To justify the violence they do But it is one, it is one One world spinning 'round the sun Wherever it is you call home Whatever country you come from It is one Jackson Browne home believe country 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 play writing song 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 writing add song
