Author Profile
Jimmy Buffett
1946 • American • Singer
39
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Collected Meditations
Showing 39 quotesAnd 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 Buffett
The stores and the things like that, the business side of things came out at the point when, I'd say probably in the early '70s, it looked like the year of the singer-songwriter was over, 'cause music changed in our time and the spotlight was out.— Jimmy Buffett
I still consider it a summer job, though. So, I try to maintain that summer job as long as I can. But it's exciting to be able to have the opportunity to do things I always dreamed of as a kid.— Jimmy Buffett
I always said that I wouldn't use a teleprompter, and if I start to sing real flat, I'll hang it up.— Jimmy Buffett
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.— Jimmy Buffett
You know, as a writer, I'm more of a listener than a writer, cuz if I hear something I will write it down.— Jimmy Buffett
Instinct taught me 20 years ago to pace a song or a concert performance. That translates into pacing a story, pleasing a reading audience.— Jimmy Buffett
And I wound up in New Orleans for all those years and it was a great place, really a catalyst creatively.— Jimmy Buffett
I can only say the first thing that pops into my mind is I remember, years ago, seeing kind of a has-been country singer working - when I first moved to Nashville - in a bar in a Holiday Inn.— Jimmy Buffett