Jimmy Buffett Quotes
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Whether it's a letter, song lyrics, part of a novel, or instructions on how to fix a kitchen sink, it's writing. You keep your craft honed, you acquire the discipline to finish things. You turn into a self-taskmaster.
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I have always looked at life as a voyage, mostly wonderful, sometimes frightening. In my family and friends I have discovered treasure more valuable than gold.
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We need more fruitcakes in this world and less bakers! We need people that care! I'm mad as hell! And I don't want to take it anymore!
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We need more fruitcakes in this world, and less bakers!
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Pickup's washed and you just got paid, with any luck at all you might even get laid.
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Shells sink, dreams float. Life's good on our boat.
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I still believe in rock and roll, it pays my bills.
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Barmaid, bring a pitcher, another round of brew. Honey, why don't we get drunk and screw?
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Life was just a tire swing. 'Jambalaya' was the only song I could sing. Blackberry pickin', eatin' fried chicken, And I never knew a thing about pain. Life was just a tire swing.
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Quitting doesn't enter my mind.
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If I don't die by Thursday, I'll be roaring Friday night.
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And I wound up in New Orleans for all those years and it was a great place, really a catalyst creatively.
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I just thank God I don't live in a trailer.
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Any attempts at autobiography before the age of eighty seem pretty self-involved to me. There are a lot of smart middle aged people but not many wise ones.
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At 57, to have a No. 1 album, I wasn't expecting it.
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You know, as a writer, I'm more of a listener than a writer, cuz if I hear something I will write it down.
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You better lava me now or lava me not.
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It takes just as little time to see the positive side of life as it does the negative side.
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I've always found drugs and alcohol somewhat pedestrian. It's like, I don't need an external agent to open my mind. I'm here, conscious, alert, present. Why would I alter that?
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If life gives you limes, make margaritas.
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It's my job to be better than the rest, and that's enough reason to go for me. It's my job to be better than the rest, and that makes the day for me.
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Wasting away again in Margaritaville, searching for my lost shaker of salt.
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Is it ignorance or apathy, I forget the lessons taught to me.
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My head hurts, my feet stink, and I don't love Jesus. It's that kind of morning.