The only thing that is still free in this world is religion, which is why a lot of people "find it.
Jimmy BuffettAnd 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 BuffettIf someone wants a piece of you, never let them pay. What you do not give to them time takes anyway.
Jimmy BuffettAnd there's that one particular harbor Sheltered from the wind Where the children play on the shore each day And all are safe within...
Jimmy BuffettOh, 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.
Jimmy BuffettThey send you off to college, try to gain a little knowledge, but all you want to do is learn how to score.
Jimmy BuffettBeing rich and famous seems to have its ups and downs. That's the price you pay for being troubadours and clowns.
Jimmy BuffettModeration is the key so I work certain amout of time and then I take a certain amount of time off.
Jimmy BuffettNothing to show but this brand new tattoo. But it's a real beauty, a Mexican cutie, how it got here I haven't a clue.
Jimmy BuffettAnd I wound up in New Orleans for all those years and it was a great place, really a catalyst creatively.
Jimmy BuffettSurrounded by stories surreal and sublime, I fell in Love in the Library once upon a time.
Jimmy BuffettThe cheating was sweet, but my heart is beat. Don't tear it apart, please by-pass this heart.
Jimmy BuffettI've got a Caribbean soul I can barely control, and some Texas hidden here in my heart!
Jimmy BuffettI 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.
Jimmy BuffettI know a girl made of memories and phrases, lives her whole life in chapters and phases.
Jimmy BuffettIt's my job to be better than the rest, and that's enough reason to go for me. It's my job to be better than the rest, and that makes the day for me.
Jimmy BuffettI've always been trying to write songs like Lightfoot. A song of mine like 'Come Monday' is a direct result of me trying to write a Gordon Lightfoot song.
Jimmy BuffettSearching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.
Jimmy BuffettIt'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.
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