"I still consider it a summer job, though. So, I try to maintain that summer job as long as I can. Bu..." — Jimmy Buffett

And 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.

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.

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

I sell escapism.