Jackson Browne Biography

Born asClyde Jackson Browne
Occup.Musician
FromUSA
BornOctober 9, 1948
Heidelberg, Germany
Age75 years
Jackson Browne is an American singer-songwriter known for his reflective as well as poetic verses, soulful voice, and also melodic compositions. Born upon October 9, 1948, in Heidelberg, Germany, he spent the majority of his childhood moving around different locations in the United States, as his father remained in the solution. Browne's music talent arised in his teenage years when he began playing guitar, executing at coffeehouses and people clubs.

In the late 1960s, Browne moved to Los Angeles, where he joined the burgeoning music scene and landed an agreement with David Geffen's Asylum Records. He released his self-titled debut album in 1972, which included the hit singles "Doctor My Eyes" as well as "Rock Me on the Water". The cd established Browne as a rising star worldwide of music, and he followed it up with a string of seriously acclaimed and commercially successful cds, including "For Everyman" (1973), "Late for the Sky" (1974), as well as "The Pretender" (1976).

Throughout his occupation, Browne collaborated with a few of the largest names in the songs industry, including Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Warren Zevon, as well as the Eagles, to name a few. He likewise became an indispensable component of the California singer-songwriter activity, that included musicians such as Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, and also Carole King.

In addition to his musical job, Browne has been actively associated with political and also social causes, sustaining numerous civils rights and also environmental initiatives. He co-founded Musicians United for Safe Energy (MUSE) in the late 1970s, which arranged anti-nuclear shows as well as raised recognition about renewable energy services. Browne has actually additionally been associated with numerous advantage performances as well as charity drive for many years, supporting reasons such as AIDS research, being homeless, and catastrophe relief.

Despite facing personal struggles and problems, consisting of the terrible fatality of his very first wife, Phyllis Major, in 1976, and also a fight with dependency, Browne continued to create music that reverberated with target markets worldwide. In 2004, he was sworn in into the Rock as well as Roll Hall of Fame, cementing his status as one of the most influential and also enduring musicians of his generation.

Today, Browne stays an energetic performer and also recording musician, continuing to tour and also release brand-new albums. His music remains to influence as well as get in touch with individuals of all ages and histories, and also his tradition as a songwriter and protestor is one that will undoubtedly sustain for generations to find.

Our collection contains 29 quotes who is written / told by Jackson.

Related authors: James Taylor (Musician), David Geffen (Businessman), H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (Author), Bonnie Raitt (Musician), Linda Ronstadt (Musician), Carole King (Musician), Joni Mitchell (Musician), Warren Zevon (Musician)

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29 Famous quotes by Jackson Browne

Small: So what I do, more than play any instrument - I mean, I love to play - but more than that, I write song
"So what I do, more than play any instrument - I mean, I love to play - but more than that, I write songs. Songs that are about living, about what it's like to be going through all the things that people go through in life"
Small: Now, guitar was pretty cool. Everybody knew something on the guitar. So I wanted to play guitar, but I
"Now, guitar was pretty cool. Everybody knew something on the guitar. So I wanted to play guitar, but I told my dad if he wanted me to keep studying something, I'd like to study piano"
Small: I love to read. I love to stretch. In the morning, I get up, and if Im not in a hurry, I will lie on th
"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"
Small: As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson Mandela
"As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson Mandela when he was a political prisoner in South Africa. We were celebrating his 70th birthday and calling for his release"
Small: When I really started liking music was when I could play some of it myself, and after a couple of years
"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"
Small: The biggest influence? Ive had several at different times - but the biggest for me was Bob Dylan, who w
"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"
Small: So I had a couple of years of playing trumpet. I really enjoyed it, but it was not the kind of instrume
"So I had a couple of years of playing trumpet. I really enjoyed it, but it was not the kind of instrument you could whip out at a party. Let's face it"
Small: I started playing the trumpet when I was about eight
"I started playing the trumpet when I was about eight"
Small: I never was a very good singer
"I never was a very good singer"
Small: Also, right at that particular time in the music business, because of people like the Beatles, people b
"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"
Small: Thats maybe the most important thing each generation does, is to break a lot of rules and make up their
"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"
Small: I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain
"I grew up reading Shakespeare and Mark Twain"
Small: The idea that I wrote something that stood for the way I feel about things, and that it lasts, thats pr
"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"
Small: Right around the end of the fifties, college students and young people in general, began to realize tha
"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"
Small: Like, What is the least often heard sentence in the English language? That would be: Say, isnt that the
"Like, What is the least often heard sentence in the English language? That would be: Say, isn't that the banjo player's Porsche parked outside?"
Small: It was a great time to be born, because I got to have my own publishing company right from the beginnin
"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"
Small: And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because thats what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong.
"And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong. My dad thought my teeth came together in a way that was perfect for playing the trumpet"
Small: We have an open society. No one will come and take me away for saying what I am saying. But they dont h
"We have an open society. No one will come and take me away for saying what I am saying. But they don't have to, if they can control how many people hear it. And that's how they do it"
Small: No matter how close to yours anothers steps have grown, in the end there is one dance youll do alone
"No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown, in the end there is one dance you'll do alone"
Small: Id have to say that my favorite thing is writing a song that really says how I feel, what I believe - a
"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"
Small: That folk music led to learning to play, and making things up led to what turns out to be the most lucr
"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"
Small: 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 t
"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"
Small: I told my father I wanted to play the banjo, and so he saved the money and got ready to give me a banjo
"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"
Small: You can take as much as you can from the generation that has preceded you, but then its up to you to ma
"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"
Small: Musician jokes are a kind of joke that usually have to do with how much money someone makes. Musicians
"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"
Small: 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"
Small: Music itself is a great source of relaxation. Parts of it anyway. Working in the studio, thats not rela
"Music itself is a great source of relaxation. Parts of it anyway. Working in the studio, that's not relaxing, but playing an instrument that I don't know how to play is unbelievably relaxing, because I don't have any pressure on me"
Small: Ive written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just
"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"
Small: Ive also gotten to play in front of a million people in Central Park when there was a grass roots movem
"I've also gotten to play in front of a million people in Central Park when there was a grass roots movement calling for nuclear disarmament - it was about 1982 - they called it Peace Sunday"