Also, right at that particular time in the music business, because of people like the Beatles, people began owning their own publishing. I'll just say this really quickly - they used to divide the money for the music that was written in two, just equal halves. Jackson Browne beatlesbeginbusiness 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
You can take as much as you can from the generation that has preceded you, but then it's up to you to make something new. Jackson Browne generationmakeprecede Change image and share on social
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 favoritefeelhave Change image and share on social
When I really started liking music was when I could play some of it myself, and after a couple of years of playing folk music, I kinda rediscovered those hits that were on the radio all the time when I was a kid. Jackson Browne couplefolkhit share on social
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
Very often it's really inconvenient - who you fall in love with. You can't really control it. Jackson Browne controlfallinconvenient Change image and share on social
It was a great time to be born, because I got to have my own publishing company right from the beginning, so I made more money than somebody would have doing what I did ten or fifteen years before. Jackson Browne bearbegincompany Change image and share on social
I started playing the trumpet when I was about eight. Jackson Browne playstarttrumpet Change image and share on social
