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Jimmy Buffett
American
Musician
About the author
To describe my scarce leisure time in today's terms, I always default to reading.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#Time
#Today
#Reading
#Leisure
Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#Ignorance
#Care
#Apathy
Moderation is the key so I work certain amount of time and then I take a certain amount of time off.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#Time
#Work
#Key
#Moderation
Older and wiser voices can help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#Right
#Help
People who think too much before they act don't act too much.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#People
#Act
Phish and Dave Matthews really know their audiences and really treat them well.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#Audiences
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.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#Character
#Key
#Uniqueness
Quitting doesn't enter my mind.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#Mind
#Quitting
Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#Life
#Thought
#Party
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.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#Time
#Music
#Business
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.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#Baseball
#Old
#Europe
#America
We are the people our parents warned us about.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#People
#Parents
Well, I'm still here. Didn't have to go to rehab, and I'm not broke.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
Why dont we get drunk and screw?
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
Wrinkles will only go where the smiles have been.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#Will
#Smiles
You know, as a writer, I'm more of a listener than a writer, cuz if I hear something I will write it down.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#Will
#Writer
Instinct taught me 20 years ago to pace a song or a concert performance. That translates into pacing a story, pleasing a reading audience.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#Years
#Reading
#Instinct
#Song
#Performance
It's been wonderful for me, and I feel so privileged to have fans that are that loyal.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#Fans
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.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#Songs
#Today
#Music
At 57, to have a No. 1 album, I wasn't expecting it.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
My mother insisted that her children read.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#Children
#Mother
Indecision may or may not be my problem.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#May
#Indecision
And I try to give the best bang for the buck. I love performing more than anything else.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#Love
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.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#Writer
Elvis was the only man from Northeast Mississippi who could shake his hips and still be loved by rednecks, cops, and hippies.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#Man
#Hippies
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.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#Success
#Creativity
#Luck
#Humor
I always said that I wouldn't use a teleprompter, and if I start to sing real flat, I'll hang it up.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
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.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#Years
#Country
#First
#Mind
#Holiday
I hate to mention age, but I come from an era when we weren't consumed by technology and television.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#Technology
#Television
#Age
#Hate
I just want to live happily ever after, every now and then.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#Want
#Now
If it doesn't work out there will never be any doubt that the pleasure was worth all the pain.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#Work
#Will
#Pleasure
#Worth
#Doubt
#Pain
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.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#Opportunity
#Job
#Summer
I'm a big follower and reactor to weather.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#Weather
I'm inspired by people who keep on rolling, no matter their age.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#People
#Age
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.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
If life gives you limes, make margaritas.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#Life
And I wound up in New Orleans for all those years and it was a great place, really a catalyst creatively.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#Years
If we weren't all crazy, we'd just go insane.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
I sell escapism.
Jimmy Buffett,
American
Musician
#Escapism