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Broken heart2 quotes
Well since my baby left me
Well I found a new place to dwell
Well it's down at the end of lonely street
At Heartbreak Hotel. — Elvis Presley · 1956Only the lonely (know the way I feel). — Roy Orbison · 1960Drugs2 quotes
Purple haze all in my brain
Lately things don't seem the same. — Jimi Hendrix · 1967What a long, strange trip it's been. — The Grateful Dead · 1970Life2 quotes
Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, that's life. Trying to make ends meet, you're a slave to money then you die. — The Verve · 1997Don’t worry where we end up. Ending-up’s not real. The life we build, we never stop creating. — Jimmy Eat World · 2019Modern life2 quotes
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot,
With a pink hotel,
A boutique, and a swinging hot spot. — Joni Mitchell · 1970We are stardust,
We are golden,
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden. — Joni Mitchell · 1969The man2 quotes
We don't need no education.
We don't need no thought control.
No dark sarcasm in the classroom.
Teacher, leave them kids alone.
Hey! Teacher! Leave them kids alone! — Pink Floyd · 1979Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss. — The Who · 1971Vietnam War2 quotes
So they put a rifle in my hand
Sent me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man
Born in the U. S. A. — Bruce Springsteen · 1984Some folks are born made to wave the flag,
Ooh, that red, white, and blue.
And when the band plays "Hail to the Chief,"
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord,
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no senator's son, no.
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one. — Creedence Clearwater Revival · 1969Absurdity of life1 quote
Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, that's life. Trying to make ends meet, you're a slave to money then you die. — The Verve · 1997Adventure1 quote
We gotta get out while we're young
'Cause tramps like us, baby, we were born to run. — Bruce Springsteen · 1975Aging1 quote
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
When I'm sixty four? — The Beatles · 1967Alienation1 quote
No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes. — The Who · 1971Being high1 quote
Purple haze all in my brain
Lately things don't seem the same. — Jimi Hendrix · 1967Being true to oneself1 quote
I'm gonna wave my freak flag high. — Jimi Hendrix · 1967Broken dreams1 quote
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true,
Or is it something worse? — Bruce Springsteen · 1980Building a life1 quote
Don’t worry where we end up. Ending-up’s not real. The life we build, we never stop creating. — Jimmy Eat World · 2019Change1 quote
You don't need a weather man
To know which way the wind blows. — Bob Dylan · 1965Consumerism1 quote
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot,
With a pink hotel,
A boutique, and a swinging hot spot. — Joni Mitchell · 1970Coolness1 quote
Rather be dead than cool. — Nirvana · 1991Decline of religion1 quote
That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight
Losin' my religion. — R.E.M. · 1991Disaster1 quote
Send lawyers, guns, and money
The shit has hit the fan. — Warren Zevon · 1978Disillusionment1 quote
I'll tip my hat to the new Constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again — The Who · 1971Dreams1 quote
Is a dream a lie if it don't come true,
Or is it something worse? — Bruce Springsteen · 1980Dying young1 quote
It's better to burn out
Than to fade away. — Neil Young · 1978Eff the haters1 quote
Get off of my cloud. — The Rolling Stones · 1965Ennui1 quote
Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go
I wanna be sedated
Nothing to do, nowhere to go
I wanna be sedated. — The Ramones · 1978Environmental destruction1 quote
What have they done to the earth, yeah?
What have they done to our fair sister?
Ravaged and plundered and ripped her and bit her
Stuck her with knives in the side of the dawn,
And tied her with fences and dragged her down.
I hear a very gentle sound,
With your ear down to the ground
We want the world and we want it
We want the world and we want it
Now. — The Doors · 1967Escape1 quote
We gotta get out while we're young
'Cause tramps like us, baby, we were born to run. — Bruce Springsteen · 1975False consciousness1 quote
Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV
And you think you're so clever and classless and free
But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see. — John Lennon · 1970Fighting for justice1 quote
What have they done to the earth, yeah?
What have they done to our fair sister?
Ravaged and plundered and ripped her and bit her
Stuck her with knives in the side of the dawn,
And tied her with fences and dragged her down.
I hear a very gentle sound,
With your ear down to the ground
We want the world and we want it
We want the world and we want it
Now. — The Doors · 1967Friends1 quote
Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends
Mm, I get high with a little help from my friends. — The Beatles · 1967Garden of Eden1 quote
We are stardust,
We are golden,
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden. — Joni Mitchell · 1969