You would think with all the genius and the brilliance of these times, we might find a higher purpose and a better use of mind.

Quote by Jackson Browne

Topics: Genius Quotes

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 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...

The high ideals and promises you once dressed the future in are dancing in the...

The high ideals and promises you once dressed the future in are dancing in the...

Talk about celestial bodies.

Talk about celestial bodies.

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...

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...

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

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

Let the disappointments pass, let the laughter fill your glass.

Let the disappointments pass, let the laughter fill your glass.

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.

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...

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,...

You can take as much as you can from the generation that has preceded you,...

You can take as much as you can from the generation that has preceded you,...

When I really started liking music was when I could play some of it myself,...

When I really started liking music was when I could play some of it myself,...

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.

I started playing the trumpet when I was about eight.

I started playing the trumpet when I was about eight.

I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain.

I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain.

Musician jokes are a kind of joke that usually have to do with how much...

Musician jokes are a kind of joke that usually have to do with how much...

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...

I've also gotten to play in front of a million people in Central Park when...

I've also gotten to play in front of a million people in Central Park when...

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...