Top 196 Quotes & Sayings by Jimmy Buffett

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

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

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.

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

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

You know, as a writer, I'm more of a listener than a writer, cuz if I hear something I will write it down.

My mother insisted that her children read.

If life gives you limes, make margaritas.

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.

I always said that I wouldn't use a teleprompter, and if I start to sing real flat, I'll hang it up.

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.

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

There's something missing in the music industry today... and it's music. Songs you hear don't last, it's just product fed to you by the industry.

Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care.

I hate to mention age, but I come from an era when we weren't consumed by technology and television.

If I couldn't laugh I just would go insane, If we couldn't laugh we just would go insane, If we weren't all crazy we would go insane.

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.

I'm a big follower and reactor to weather.

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

It takes no more time to see the good side of life than it takes to see the bad.

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

Humor has bailed me out of more tight situations than I can think of. If you go with your instincts and keep your humor, creativity follows. With luck, success comes, too.

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

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

We are the people our parents warned us about.

Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.

Quitting doesn't enter my mind.

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

I sell escapism.

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

I just want to live happily ever after, every now and then.

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.

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

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

Wrinkles will only go where the smiles have been.

Indecision may or may not be my problem.

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

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.

And I try to give the best bang for the buck. I love performing more than anything else.

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.

It's important to have as much fun as possible while we're here. It balances out the times when the minefield of life explodes.

Go fast enough to get there, but slow enough to see.

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

Therapy is extremely expensive. Popping bubble wrap is radically cheap.

later down the road of life, i made the discovery that salt water was also good for the mental abrasions one inevitably acquires on land.

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

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

It's those changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes nothing remains quite the same. With all of our running and all of our cunning, if we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane.

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

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.

Only time will tell if it was time well-spent

With you, I would walk anywhere

Breathe in, breathe out, move on.

If there’s a heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached.

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.

Sail the main course in a simple sturdy craft. Keep her well stocked with short stories and long laughs. Go fast enough to get there but slow enough to see. Moderation seems to be the key.

Shells sink, dreams float. Life's good on our boat.

I have always looked at life as a voyage, mostly wonderful, sometimes frightening. In my family and friends I have discovered treasure more valuable than gold.

Fun is about as good a habit as there is.

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