“Maybe people only ask you how you're doing
'Cos that's easier than letting on how little they could care.”

— Jackson Browne

"The Late Show"
("The Late Show" on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW5_Wr9sWeY
Late for the Sky (1974)

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American singer-songwriter 1948

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“Maybe people only ask you how you're doing
'Cos that's easier than letting on how little they could care.”