All Quotes by Jimmy Buffett
“Wrinkles will only go where the smiles have been.”
“Indecision may or may not be my problem.”
“If we weren't all crazy, we'd just go insane.”
“Older and wiser voices can help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen.”
“People who think too much before they act don't act too much.”
“I'm inspired by people who keep on rolling, no matter their age.”
“If it doesn't work out there will never be any doubt that the pleasure was worth all the pain.”
“Humor has bailed me out of more tight situations than I can think of. If you go with your instincts and keep your humor, creativity follows. With luck, success comes, too.”
“If I couldn't laugh I just would go insane, If we couldn't laugh we just would go insane, If we weren't all crazy we would go insane.”
“Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care.”
“I sell escapism.”
“We are the people our parents warned us about.”
“To describe my scarce leisure time in today's terms, I always default to reading.”
“I'm a big follower and reactor to weather.”
“My mother insisted that her children read.”
“And I try to give the best bang for the buck. I love performing more than anything else.”
“Moderation is the key so I work certain amount of time and then I take a certain amount of time off.”
“Places I've lived since then had to have some kind of uniqueness and character about them. And logically Key West, and then Down Island. So, all of that stuff sort of had it's roots in New Orleans and went crazy.”
“The stores and the things like that, the business side of things came out at the point when, I'd say probably in the early '70s, it looked like the year of the singer-songwriter was over, 'cause music changed in our time and the spotlight was out.”
“It's been wonderful for me, and I feel so privileged to have fans that are that loyal.”
“It takes no more time to see the good side of life than it takes to see the bad.”
“Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.”
“If life gives you limes, make margaritas.”
“I hate to mention age, but I come from an era when we weren't consumed by technology and television.”
“I just want to live happily ever after, every now and then.”
“These old ballparks are like cathedrals in America. We don't have big old Gothic cathedrals like they do in Europe. But we got baseball parks.”
“Elvis was the only man from Northeast Mississippi who could shake his hips and still be loved by rednecks, cops, and hippies.”
“I can only say the first thing that pops into my mind is I remember, years ago, seeing kind of a has-been country singer working - when I first moved to Nashville - in a bar in a Holiday Inn.”
“And I wound up in New Orleans for all those years and it was a great place, really a catalyst creatively.”
“At 57, to have a No. 1 album, I wasn't expecting it.”
“I still consider it a summer job, though. So, I try to maintain that summer job as long as I can. But it's exciting to be able to have the opportunity to do things I always dreamed of as a kid.”
“Quitting doesn't enter my mind.”
“Instinct taught me 20 years ago to pace a song or a concert performance. That translates into pacing a story, pleasing a reading audience.”
“You know, as a writer, I'm more of a listener than a writer, cuz if I hear something I will write it down.”
“Well, I'm still here. Didn't have to go to rehab, and I'm not broke.”
“There's something missing in the music industry today... and it's music. Songs you hear don't last, it's just product fed to you by the industry.”
“Phish and Dave Matthews really know their audiences and really treat them well.”
“And you find as a writer there are certain spots on the planet where you write better than others, and I believe in that. And New Orleans is one of them.”
“I always said that I wouldn't use a teleprompter, and if I start to sing real flat, I'll hang it up.”
“One of the inescapable encumbrances of leading an interesting life is that there have to be moments when you almost lose it.”
“I hate to mention age, but I come from an era when we weren't consumed by technology and television.”
“I'm inspired by people who keep on rolling, no matter their age.”
“I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead. ”
“It takes no more time to see the good side of life than it takes to see the bad.”
“To me it was more about eight years of bad policy before (Obama) got there that let this happen. It was Dracula running the blood bank in terms of oil and leases. I think that has more to do with it than how the president reacted to it.”
“Humor has bailed me out of more tight situations than I can think of. If you go with your instincts and keep your humor, creativity follows. With luck, success comes, too.”