Quotes By Jimmy Buffett

Elvis was the only man from Northeast Mississippi who could shake his hips and still be loved by rednecks, cops, and hippies.

Phish and Dave Matthews really know their audiences and really treat them well.

My mother insisted that her children read.

Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.

If it doesn't work out there will never be any doubt that the pleasure was worth all the pain.

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.

I just want to live happily ever after, every now and then.

To describe my scarce leisure time in today's terms, I always default to reading.

If life gives you limes, make margaritas.

You know, as a writer, I'm more of a listener than a writer, cuz if I hear something I will write it down.

Older and wiser voices can help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen.

We are the people our parents warned us about.

And I try to give the best bang for the buck. I love performing more than anything else.

I sell escapism.

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.

At 57, to have a No. 1 album, I wasn't expecting it.

And I wound up in New Orleans for all those years and it was a great place, really a catalyst creatively.

If we weren't all crazy, we'd just go insane.

People who think too much before they act don't act too much.

Moderation is the key so I work certain amount of time and then I take a certain amount of time off.

I'm inspired by people who keep on rolling, no matter their age.

It's been wonderful for me, and I feel so privileged to have fans that are that loyal.

I'm a big follower and reactor to weather.

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.

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.

I hate to mention age, but I come from an era when we weren't consumed by technology and television.

Wrinkles will only go where the smiles have been.

Indecision may or may not be my problem.

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.

Instinct taught me 20 years ago to pace a song or a concert performance. That translates into pacing a story, pleasing a reading audience.