Songwriters write songs, but they really belong to the listener.

One of the inescapable encumbrances of leading an interesting life is that there have to be moments when you almost lose it.

The only thing that is still free in this world is religion, which is why a lot of people "find it.

You are your own best teacher. ~Jimmy Buffett

I see you in the grass, Running through the snow, But where you have gone, I cannot go.

I was never one to seek out the spotlight. I am kind of a private person, so I don't miss that part of show business at all.

I never saw myself as a folk singer.

Christ said, 'Seek and ye shall find.' Learn the ways to seek which will expedite your journey and make it more fun.

There is a ceiling to it and there's a stigma. Billy Crystal as brilliant as he is, he's never going to be thought of as a contemporary like Alan Arkin.

I envision a future where there'll be 300 million reporters, where anyone from anywhere can report for any reason. It's freedom of participation absolutely realized.

To me the seventies represent normality, and, of course, it is a normality that is now anachronistic.

Haste is productive of injury, and so is too much hesitation. He is the wisest man who does everything at the proper time.

And you suddenly know: It was here! You pull yourself together, and there stands an irrevocable year of anguish and vision and prayer.

I buy expensive suits - they just look cheap on me.