The biggest influence? I've had several at different times - but the biggest for me was Bob Dylan, who was a guy that came along when I was twelve or thirteen and just changed all the rules about what it meant to write songs. Jackson Browne bigbobchange share on social
I wrote the song For A Dancer for a friend of mine who died in a fire. He was in the sauna in a house that burned down, so he had no idea anything was going on. It was very sad. Jackson Browne burndancerdie Change image and share on social
People know more about baseball players' contracts than they do about the policies that govern the fate of our children's lives in twenty years. Think about it. People used to say, the whole time I was growing up, 'Do you want to bring a child into this world?' That's pretty dire. Jackson Browne baseballbringchild share on social
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 businessfolklead share on social
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. Jackson Browne bookexercisefloor share on social
English people are so trapped in this class paradigm. Jackson Browne classenglishparadigm Change image and share on social
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 breakgenerationimportant Change image and share on social
No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown, in the end there is one dance you'll do alone. Jackson Browne closedanceend Change image and share on social
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. Jackson Browne explainfavoritefeel Change image and share on social
I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain. Jackson Browne growmarkread Change image and share on social
