Jimmy Buffett Quotes

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Jimmy Buffett

Profession : Singer

Birth : December 25, 1946

I'm inspired by people who keep on rolling, no matter their age.

Jimmy Buffett

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

Jimmy Buffett

I'm a big follower and reactor to weather.

Jimmy Buffett

My mother insisted that her children read.

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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.

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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.

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Instinct taught me 20 years ago to pace a song or a concert performance. That translates into pacing a story, pleasing a reading audience.

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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.

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

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Moderation is the key so I work certain amount of time and then I take a certain amount of time off.

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I sell escapism.

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

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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.

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Quitting doesn't enter my mind.

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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.

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Elvis was the only man from Northeast Mississippi who could shake his hips and still be loved by rednecks, cops, and hippies.

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

Jimmy Buffett