Jimmy Buffett Quotes

“Indecision may or may not be my problem.”

— Jimmy Buffett

“If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane.”

— Jimmy Buffett

“It's not the tales of Stephen King that I've read,
I need protection from the things in my head ...”

— Jimmy Buffett

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

— Jimmy Buffett

“Some of its magic, some its tragic, but I've had a good life along the
way.”

— Jimmy Buffett

“Where it all ends I can't fathom, my friends.
If I knew, I might toss out my anchor.”

— Jimmy Buffett

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

— Jimmy Buffett

You know Death will get you in the end, but if you are smart and have a sense of humor, you can thumb your nose at it for awhile

— Jimmy Buffett

“When reality looks too ugly, fantasize.”

— 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

“No we don't want a bucket of blood
Just a cup is all we could use”

— Jimmy Buffett

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

— 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

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

— 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

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

“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

“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

“The ocean has always been a salve to my soul.”

— Jimmy Buffett

“Some people think there's a woman to blame, but I know - it's my own damn fault”

— 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

“As a dreamer of dreams and a travelin' man, I have chalked up many a mile. Read dozens of books about heroes and crooks, and I learned much from both of their styles.”

— Jimmy Buffett

I slowly surrender to the child in me who can't say goodbye.

— Jimmy Buffett

“Some make the world go round; others watch it turn.”

— Jimmy Buffett

“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.”

— Jimmy Buffett

“Live a lie, and you will live to regret it; that's what livin' is to me.”

— Jimmy Buffett

“I ain't no drinking man, but temptation got the best of me.”

— Jimmy Buffett

“Give me oysters and beer, for dinner every day of the year, and I'll be fine ...”

— Jimmy Buffett

“I was hungry and went out for a bite, ran into a chum with a bottle of rum and we wound up drinking all night.”

— Jimmy Buffett

“I'm going back to my parrot head friends.”

— 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

“Whatever thrills you, anything you love to do, just say - Someday, I will.”

— Jimmy Buffett

“When they tried to draft me, I earned a college degree.”

— Jimmy Buffett

“The beautiful people in the magazines, got the normal ones living beyond their means.”

— Jimmy Buffett

“So I'll put on my bob marley tape And practice what I preach Get jah lost in the reggae mon As I walk along the beach”

— Jimmy Buffett

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

— Jimmy Buffett

“I know I should be leaving this climate, I've got a verse, but can't rhyme it.”

— Jimmy Buffett

“Tell me where are the flashbacks they all warned us would come?”

— Jimmy Buffett

“While my mind is flexible, these brittle bones don't bend.”

— Jimmy Buffett

“Is it time for your medication or mine?”

— Jimmy Buffett

“You better lava me now or lava me not.”

— Jimmy Buffett

“Mr. Bear, you know in the eyes of the Lord, we're both beasts.”

— Jimmy Buffett

“I'd like to be a jellyfish, 'cause jellyfish don't pay rent.”

— Jimmy Buffett

“I recommend that you try a little mental floss.”

— Jimmy Buffett

“If someone wants a piece of you, never let them pay. What you do not give to them time takes anyway.”

— 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

“Drive-in, you guzzle gin, commit a little mortal sin.”

— Jimmy Buffett

“If I don't die by Thursday, I'll be roaring Friday night.”

— Jimmy Buffett

“I arm myself with punch lines and a big old water gun.”

— Jimmy Buffett

“We're just recycled history machines, cavemen in faded blue jeans.”

— Jimmy Buffett