Jackson Browne Quotes

Every time I've ever gotten close to being successful, I've found some way to screw it up.

Sometimes I get so depressed 'Bout what I haven't done. -NEVER

For the few little successes I may seem to have, there are acres of misgivings and self-doubt.

I have so many insecurities they fight for prominence.

I am afraid of falling into hopeless despair, over my wasted life, and I am still not sure how it happened.

Sometimes I think I'm the craziest person on the planet.

Sometimes I feel like a has-been who never was.

I may be a successful football player, but I feel like such a failure.

I feel very bad about getting things wrong.

I lost my confidence.

It's insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams.

I don't know which is stronger: the thrill of winning or the fear of failure. I don't know which one affects me most. I don't know where the middle is.

It was the worst period of my life. I had all this gigantic acceptance as a kid, and all of a sudden there was this monumental rejection.

Contrary to reports that I took the loss badly, I want to say that I went home last night and slept like a baby—every two hours I woke up and cried.

Every time I put myself out there, I get rejected.

When I get out, I get annoyed with myself.

I know what it is like to lose your confidence.

No one's comfortable with losing.

Sometimes I feel I don't know even know how to run.

As usual, my mind is spinning in circles...is it me? Am I making mountains out of molehills? Being too analytical? Worrying about nothing? Being emotional?

Fear and Guilt are the only enemies of man.

How I hated the dark part of me that continually foretold of failure or futility.

Even now, as I write this, I can still feel that tightness. And I want you to feel it--the wind coming off the river, the waves, the silence, the wooded frontier. You're at the bow of a boat on the Rainy River. You're twenty-one years old, you're scared, and there's a hard squeezing pressure in your chest. What would you do? Would you jump? Would you feel pity for yourself? Would you think about your family and your childhood and your dreams and all you're leaving behind? Would it hurt? Would it feel like dying? Would you cry, as I did?

Sadness usually results from one of the following causes either when a man does not succeed, or is ashamed of his success.

-Please, Anita, go home, and don’t freak. Just go home, and be happy. Be happy, and let everyone around you be happy. Is that so hard? When Jason said it like that, it didn’t seem hard. In fact, it seemed to make a lot of sense, but inside, it felt hard. Inside it felt like the hardest thing in the world. To just let go, and not pick everything to death. To just let go and enjoy what you had. To just let go and not make everybody around you miserable with your own internal dialogue. To just let go and be happy. So simple. So difficult. So terrifying.