Top 28 Quotes & Sayings by Jim Croce

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Jim Croce.

Last updated on November 8, 2024.

James Joseph Croce was an American folk and rock singer-songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, he released five studio albums and numerous singles. During this period, Croce took a series of odd jobs to pay bills while he continued to write, record, and perform concerts. After he formed a partnership with songwriter and guitarist Maury Muehleisen, his fortunes turned in the early 1970s. His breakthrough came in 1972; his third album, You Don't Mess Around with Jim, produced three charting singles, including "Time in a Bottle", which reached No. 1 after his death. The follow-up album, Life and Times, included the song "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown", which was the only No. 1 hit he had during his lifetime.

American - Musician | January 10, 1943 - September 20, 1973

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I'm no missionary, and I can't wear any armor, either. I just gotta be the way I am.

Jim Croce

I never really thought of my neighborhood in South Philly as being a neighborhood; it was more a state of mind. For people who aren't familiar with those kinds of places, it's a whole different thing. Like, 42nd Street in New York City is a state of mind.

Jim Croce

If you dig it, do it. If you really dig it, do it twice.

Jim Croce

There's something about approaching universal truths with the simplicity of the acoustic guitar. You can take it anywhere, and it helps me reach listeners of all ages and walks of life.

Jim Croce

If you dig it, do it. If you dig it a lot, do it twice.

Jim Croce

They wouldn't listen to the fact that I was genius.

Jim Croce

He's bad, bad Leroy Brown, baddest dude in the whole damn town, badder than old King Kong, and meaner than a junk yard dog.

Jim Croce

If I had a box just for wishes and dreams that had never come true, the box would be empty, except for the memory of how they were answered by you.

Jim Croce

Every time I tried to tell you the words just came out wrong, so I'll have to say I love you in a song.

Jim Croce

I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well. I only wish my words could just convince myself that it just wasn't real. But that's not the way it feels.

Jim Croce

He cast his eyes upon her and the trouble soon began, cause Leroy Brown learned a lesson about messing with the wife of a jealous man.

Jim Croce

My only boss was the clock on the wall and my only friend, never really was a friend at all. I've traded love for pennies, sold my soul for less. Lost my ideas in that long tunnel of time. And I've turned inside out and around about and back and then found myself right back where I started again

Jim Croce

Nobody loves a fat girl, but oh how a fat girl can love.

Jim Croce

After all, it’s what we’ve done that makes us what we are.

Jim Croce

Well, you don't tug on Superman's cape, you don't spit into the wind. You don't pull on the mask of old Lone Ranger and you don't mess around with Jim.

Jim Croce

If I could save time in a bottle The first thing that I'd like to do Is to save every day

Jim Croce

Moving ahead, so life won’t pass me by.

Jim Croce

Lost my ideals in that tunnel of time.

Jim Croce

Well I should be sitting in an air-conditioned office in a swivel chair, talking trash to the secretary. Saying, hey now mama, come on over here.

Jim Croce

A fool I am and I'll always be. They can change their minds, but they can't change me.

Jim Croce

There' something about universal truths with the simplicity of the acoustic guitar. You can take it anywhere and it helps me reach listeners of all ages and walks of life.

Jim Croce