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.

Quote by Jackson Browne

Topics: Jackson Browne Quotes

People look around you, the signs are everywhere. You've left it for somebody other than...

People look around you, the signs are everywhere. You've left it for somebody other than...

I love to read. I love to stretch. In the morning, I get up, and...

I love to read. I love to stretch. In the morning, I get up, and...

As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call...

As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call...

That folk music led to learning to play, and making things up led to what...

That folk music led to learning to play, and making things up led to what...

I followed those highway signs and I've run down those thin white lines.

I followed those highway signs and I've run down those thin white lines.

I look around for the friends I used to turn to pull me through. Looking...

I look around for the friends I used to turn to pull me through. Looking...

I told my father I wanted to play the banjo, and so he saved the...

I told my father I wanted to play the banjo, and so he saved the...

I taught myself to play the piano, because I wanted to play it.

I taught myself to play the piano, because I wanted to play it.

The idea that I wrote something that stood for the way I feel about things,...

The idea that I wrote something that stood for the way I feel about things,...

So I had a couple of years of playing trumpet. I really enjoyed it, but...

So I had a couple of years of playing trumpet. I really enjoyed it, but...

I started playing the trumpet when I was about eight.

I started playing the trumpet when I was about eight.

We have an open society. No one will come and take me away for saying...

We have an open society. No one will come and take me away for saying...

I wrote the song For A Dancer for a friend of mine who died in...

I wrote the song For A Dancer for a friend of mine who died in...

And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His...

And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His...

No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown, in the end there is...

No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown, in the end there is...

So what I do, more than play any instrument - I mean, I love to...

So what I do, more than play any instrument - I mean, I love to...

Now, guitar was pretty cool. Everybody knew something on the guitar. So I wanted to...

Now, guitar was pretty cool. Everybody knew something on the guitar. So I wanted to...

I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain.

I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain.

Got seven women on my mind. Four that want to own me, two that want...

Got seven women on my mind. Four that want to own me, two that want...

Also, right at that particular time in the music business, because of people like the...

Also, right at that particular time in the music business, because of people like the...