Jimmy Buffett Famous Quotes & Sayings

I'm getting old, don't wear underwear, and I don't go to church. — Jimmy Buffett

And there's that one particular harbor
Sheltered from the wind
Where the children play on the shore each day
And all are safe within ... — Jimmy Buffett

I come from the ocean with songs of the sea
No lesson for learning, just play upon me
Now go make your music in lands near and far
Orion protects you wherever you are — Jimmy Buffett

Forget that blind ambition, and learn to trust your intuition. — Jimmy Buffett

Wrinkles will only go where the smiles have been. — Jimmy Buffett

You better lava me now or lava me not. — Jimmy Buffett

Is it time for your medication or mine? — Jimmy Buffett

When reality looks too ugly, fantasize. — Jimmy Buffett

I'd rather die while I'm living then live while I'm dead. — Jimmy Buffett

What if life is just a cosmic joke, like spiders in your underwear. — Jimmy Buffett

Our children may save us if they are taught to care properly for the planet; but if not, it may be back to the Ice Age or the caves from where we first emerged. Then we'll have to view the universe above from a cold, dark place. No more jet skis, nuclear weapons, plastic crap, broken pay phones, drugs, cars, waffle irons, or television. Come to think of it, that might not be a bad idea. — Jimmy Buffett

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

My only contact with the outside world was an RCA Victrola, and Elvis would sing, and then I'd dream about expensive cars. — Jimmy Buffett

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

Love is a wave building to a crescendo. Ride if you will, ride it with me. — Jimmy Buffett

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

I'm living on things that excite me, be they pastry, or lobster, or love ... — Jimmy Buffett

Today there are two Madonnas, our lady of Fatima over here and that woman from Michigan. — Jimmy Buffett

It was too much Tequila, or not quite enough. — Jimmy Buffett

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

Some of it's magic and some of it's tragic but I had a good life all the way. — Jimmy Buffett

Well, I'm still here. Didn't have to go to rehab, and I'm not broke. — Jimmy Buffett

Be good & you will be lonesome. Be lonesome & you will be free. — Jimmy Buffett

Gluttony, do not eat thy neighbor's wife's popcorn. — Jimmy Buffett

If life gives you limes make margaritas. — Jimmy Buffett

Without geography you're nowhere. — Jimmy Buffett

Maybe roll in the sand with a rock and roll man. — Jimmy Buffett

Never did I think that I became family entertainment. — Jimmy Buffett

Yeah. I wouldn't do it if it wasn't fun ... We're showing people how, in a pretty crazy and whacked-out, dangerous world, you can still have fun. — Jimmy Buffett

Oh, yesterdays are over my shoulder, So I can't look back for too long. There's just too much to see waiting in front of me, and I know that I just can't go wrong. — Jimmy Buffett

Yes, I am a pirate two hundred years too late. — Jimmy Buffett

Only time will tell if it was time well-spent — Jimmy Buffett

We need more fruitcakes in this world, and less bakers! — Jimmy Buffett

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

Some of its magic, some its tragic, but I've had a good life along the
way. — Jimmy Buffett

The cheating was sweet, but my heart is beat. Don't tear it apart, please by-pass this heart. — Jimmy Buffett

Grief is like the wake behind a boat. It starts out as a huge wave that follows close behind you and is big enough to swamp and drown you if you suddenly stop moving forward. But if you do keep moving, the big wake will eventually dissipate. And after a long time, the waters of your life get calm again, and that is when the memories of those who have left begin to shine as bright and as enduring as the stars above. — Jimmy Buffett

You get religion as your hair turns grey. — Jimmy Buffett

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

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. — Jimmy Buffett

There's a little bit of fruitcake left in everyone of us. — Jimmy Buffett

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. — Jimmy Buffett

Therapy is extremely expensive. Popping bubble wrap is radically cheap. — Jimmy Buffett

Barmaid, bring a pitcher, another round of brew. Honey, why don't we get drunk and screw? — Jimmy Buffett

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

My mother insisted that her children read. — Jimmy Buffett

Be good, and you will be lonesome, be lonesome and you will be free. Live a lie and you will live to regret it, that's what living is to me. — Jimmy Buffett

It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad. — Jimmy Buffett

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

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

We're just recycled history machines, cavemen in faded blue jeans. — Jimmy Buffett

Under the heavens and under the sea there's a friend I don't know, who holds the right key. — Jimmy Buffett

If I don't die by Thursday, I'll be roaring Friday night. — Jimmy Buffett

Lights are glowing in the palm trees ... — Jimmy Buffett

That to me is the way any good romantic would look at his life: Live it first, then write it down before you go. — Jimmy Buffett

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

HOLY COW!
Wrinkles only go where smiles have been. — Jimmy Buffett

Some of it's magic, some of it's tragic, but I've had a good life all the way. — Jimmy Buffett

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

[Writing] is edit, edit, edit. It's almost like getting a boat ready to go to sea. You've still got a countless number of things left to fix, but you've just got to go, "O.K., everybody get on the boat. We're going, ready or not." — Jimmy Buffett

My head hurts, my feet stink, and I don't love Jesus. It's that kind of morning. — Jimmy Buffett

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

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

It takes just as little time to see the positive side of life as it does the negative side. — Jimmy Buffett

Don't try to describe the ocean if you've never seen it. — Jimmy Buffett

I've done a bit of smuggling, I've run my share of grass. I made enough money to buy Miami, but I piss it away so fast. — Jimmy Buffett

I can't fax you my love, I can't email my heart. — Jimmy Buffett

Where's the church, who took the steeple, Religion's in the hands of some crazy ass people, Television preachers with bad hair and dimples, The God's honest truth is, it's not that simple — Jimmy Buffett

I'm a big follower and reactor to weather. — Jimmy Buffett

When the good times come around, they gallup in like wild horses. You just try to stay on them for as long as you can. And when they throw you offyou just wait in the shade until they come around again. — Jimmy Buffett

The only thing that is still free in this world is religion, which is why a lot of people find it. — Jimmy Buffett

People," she sneered, "were not meant to be as happy as you make them."
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"People were meant to be as happy as you make them. — Jimmy Buffett

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

Some people never find it
Some only pretend
But I just want to live
Happily ever after, now and then — Jimmy Buffett

If we weren't all crazy, we would go insane. — Jimmy Buffett

Being rich and famous seems to have its ups and downs. That's the price you pay for being troubadours and clowns. — Jimmy Buffett

I want to keep going as I have, to travel, read, perform, write, and enjoy my family. I've promised myself only this: no more Laundromats, no more two-shows-a-night, and no more deadlines. I'll work at my own pace. — Jimmy Buffett

Songwriters write songs, but they really belong to the listener. — Jimmy Buffett

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? — Jimmy Buffett

The beautiful people in the magazines, got the normal ones living beyond their means. — Jimmy Buffett

We got to roll with the punches, play all of our hunches, make the best of whatever comes your way. Forget that blind ambition, learn to trust your intuition - plowing straight ahead, come what may. — Jimmy Buffett

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

I have never cared about setting world records, or filling my boat with fish, or, for that matter, even catching fish. I go for the experience of spending six hours in the arms of the ocean, never thinking of a single thing except chasing fish. — Jimmy Buffett

People loved to see him come, and they were sad to see him go. — Jimmy Buffett

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

Be yourself, be pleasant, play hard and have no regrets ... — Jimmy Buffett

Nobody else cares about you at the beginning of your career except you-and, of course, your mother. Your mother is there because that is what mothers do. — Jimmy Buffett