Quotes from Jimmy Buffett

You know Death will get you in the end, but if you are smart and have a sense of humor, you can thumb your nose at it for awhile

It's not the books by Stephen King that I read, I need protection from the things in my head . . .

Without geography you're nowhere.

I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead.

I'm a big follower and reactor to weather.

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

I'm getting old, don't wear underwear, and I don't go to church.

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

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

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

With you, I would walk anywhere

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

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.

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

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.

If life gives you limes, make margaritas.

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

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

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.

Forget that blind ambition, and learn to trust your intuition.

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

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.

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

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