“I told my father I wanted to play the banjo, and so he saved the money...” — Jackson Browne Quote

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September.”

“My brother got a .22 for his 12th birthday; I got a .22. He got a hunting knife; I got a hunting knife.”

“We're not girls who lunch unless it's a birthday or special occasion.”