Jimmy Buffett Quotes

Yes, 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.

I recommend that you try a little mental floss.

Found a shaman in a diaper with a poppy pot. When I asked if he was cold, he said just think hot.

Maybe there is another who sees life not as a flickering candle but as a torch that can illuminate an undiscovered world.

That to me is the way any good romantic would look at his life: Live it first, then write it down before you go.

If I don't die by Thursday, I'll be roaring Friday night.

I got my hush puppies on. I guess I never was made meant for glitter rock and roll.

I know a girl made of memories and phrases, lives her whole life in chapters and phases.

I 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.

Today there are two Madonnas, our lady of Fatima over here and that woman from Michigan.

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

I still believe in rock and roll, it pays my bills.

We're wanted men, we'll strike again, but first let's have a beer.

Tell me where are the flashbacks they all warned us would come?

He went to Paris looking for answers to questions that bothered him so. He was impressive, young and aggressive, saving the world on his own.

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 time for your medication or mine?

I have been drunk now for over two weeks.

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

Yes, I am a pirate two hundred years too late.

Live a lie, and you will live to regret it; that's what livin' is to me.

The beautiful people in the magazines, got the normal ones living beyond their means.

When they tried to draft me, I earned a college degree.

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

Barmaid, bring a pitcher, another round of brew. Honey, why don't we get drunk and screw?

What if life is just a cosmic joke, like spiders in your underwear.

It is an eternal truth in the political as well as the mystical body, that where one member suffers, all the members suffer with it

I don't get tired of playing "Margaritaville". It's paid my bills for years.

Mother Mother Ocean, I have heard your call.

Quitting doesn't enter my mind.

It'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.

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.

You've been acting like Jesus owes you a favor, but he's a little smart for you to fool.

My mother insisted that her children read.

Why don't we get drunk and screw?

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

I can't fax you my love, I can't email my heart.

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

We made it nearly 20 centuries, a bunch of monkeys with PH Ds.

I'm a big follower and reactor to weather.

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

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

It's not the tales of Stephen King that I've read, I need protection from the things in my head . . .

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.

I arm myself with punch lines and a big old water gun.

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

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

Mirror that lies, mirror that lies, that can't be me in the gorilla disguise.

So I'll put on my bob marley tape And practice what I preach Get jah lost in the reggae mon As I walk along the beach

Drive-in, you guzzle gin, commit a little mortal sin.