A biography for Jimmy Buffetthasn’t been written yet.
“Songwriters write songs, but they really belong to the listener.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead.”
“I sell escapism.”
“Elvis was the only man from Northeast Mississippi who could shake his hips and still be loved by rednecks, cops, and hippies.”
“Forget that blind ambition, and learn to trust your intuition.”
“There will always be those who feel more comfortable not venturing from the warmth of the hearth, but there are those who prefer to look out the window and wonder what is beyond the horizon.”
“It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad.”
“Older and wiser voices can help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen.”
“It's not the tales of Stephen King that I've read,I need protection from the things in my head . . .”
“Quitting doesn't enter my mind.”
“And I wound up in New Orleans for all those years and it was a great place, really a catalyst creatively.”
“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'm a big follower and reactor to weather.”
“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.”
“Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care.”
“...but I like who I became just fine. That's the way life is. We all try to make something out of our lives, and some of us are just luckier than others.”
“Phish and Dave Matthews really know their audiences and really treat them well.”
“If it doesn't work out there will never be any doubt that the pleasure was worth all the pain.”