Quotes By 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.

I was suppose to be a Jesuit priest or a naval academy graduate.

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

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

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.

And I wound up in New Orleans for all those years and it was a great place, really a catalyst creatively.

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

[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."

I just thank God I don't live in a trailer.

I'm a big follower and reactor to weather.

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

This imitation Elvis may not be the king, but baby I'm the next best thing.

I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead.

Lust for the future, treasure the past.

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.

Without geography you're nowhere.

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

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

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

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