Life was just a tire swing. 'Jambalaya' was the only song I could sing. Blackberry pickin', eatin' fried chicken, And I never knew a thing about pain. Life was just a tire swing.
Jimmy BuffettWhether it's a letter, song lyrics, part of a novel, or instructions on how to fix a kitchen sink, it's writing. You keep your craft honed, you acquire the discipline to finish things. You turn into a self-taskmaster.
Jimmy BuffettWhen the good times come around, they gallup in like wild horses. You just try to stay on them for as long as you can. And when they throw you offyou just wait in the shade until they come around again.
Jimmy BuffettOur children may save us if they are taught to care properly for the planet; but if not, it may be back to the Ice Age or the caves from where we first emerged. Then we'll have to view the universe above from a cold, dark place. No more jet skis, nuclear weapons, plastic crap, broken pay phones, drugs, cars, waffle irons, or television. Come to think of it, that might not be a bad idea.
Jimmy BuffettThese 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.
Jimmy BuffettNobody else cares about you at the beginning of your career except you-and, of course, your mother. Your mother is there because that is what mothers do.
Jimmy BuffettYes, I am a pirate, two hundred years to late. Cannons don't thunder, there's nothing to plunder, I'm an over forty victim of fate.
Jimmy BuffettYou know, as a writer, I'm more of a listener than a writer, cuz if I hear something I will write it down.
Jimmy BuffettBack to my childhood where those monsters reside. They snack on innocence and dine on self esteem.
Jimmy BuffettWhere's the church, who took the steeple, Religion's in the hands of some crazy ass people, Television preachers with bad hair and dimples, The God's honest truth is, it's not that simple
Jimmy BuffettIt is an eternal truth in the political as well as the mystical body, that where one member suffers, all the members suffer with it
Jimmy BuffettI remember the excruciating school task of writing a three-page term paper. But, oh, that feeling when I was done! I think I drive myself for that feeling of accomplishment.
Jimmy BuffettHe went to Paris looking for answers to questions that bothered him so. He was impressive, young and aggressive, saving the world on his own.
Jimmy BuffettInstinct taught me 20 years ago to pace a song or a concert performance. That translates into pacing a story, pleasing a reading audience.
Jimmy BuffettAnd I try to give the best bang for the buck. I love performing more than anything else.
Jimmy BuffettThere's a strange sense of pleasure being beat to hell by a storm when you're on a ship that is not going to sink.
Jimmy Buffett