Jimmy Buffett is a feel-good artists and synonymous with tropical life. This collection of Jimmy Buffett quotes + lyrics will transport you to a beach!
Did anyone else cry yesterday when they heard the news that Jimmy Buffett passed away? I’ve never met him, and I found myself very upset. Was it because his songs felt like the soundtrack of my childhood, spending many hours with my grandparents drifting along in their boat with fishing lines in the water? Was it because his concert in Waikiki (photo below) was such a dose of serotonin and created such a happy atmosphere? Or was it because Jimmy gave us all permission to relax in a world that constantly tells us that worker harder is the only answer?
I’ll never know, but I’m grateful for his incredible music career and I have no doubt I’ll be listening to “Songs You Know By Heart” from now until my own last days. For fellow parrot heads, if you haven’t read his NYT Obituary, I highly recommend it. I had no idea he had 0 Billboard #1 songs. If anything that makes me love him more. The man was so universally loved, because he was here to have a good time, be kind, have fun and along the way he happened to make some money. I think we could all learn a thing or two about that.
Jimmy Buffett Quotes + Lyrics
Aside from his popular song lyrics, Jimmy also authored several books and was known to speak off-the-cuff at his shows, just like you would with a close friend. If you could use a little boost from the Father of Escapism, today’s collection of Jimmy Buffett quotes is for you 🙂
“Go fast enough to get there, but slow enough to see.”
“Changes in lattitude. Changes in attitude.”
“Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party. ”
“Where it all ends, I can’t fathom, my friends. If I knew I might drop my anchor.”
“Mind on a permanent vacation, ocean is the only medication. Wishing my condition ain’t ever gonna go away.”
“Some of it’s magic and some of it’s tragic but I had a good life all the way.”
“If we couldn’t laugh we would all go insane.”
“Take it all in… it’s as big as it seems. Count all your blessings. Remember your dreams.”
“Lust for the future, treasure the past.”
“I was hungry and went for a bite, ran into a chum with a bottle of rum and we wound up drinking all night.”
“If life gives you limes, make margaritas.”
“Mother, Mother ocean, I have heard your call. Wanted to sail upon your waters, since I was 3 feet tall”
“Maybe there is another who sees life not as a flickering candle but as a torch that can illuminate an undiscovered world.”
“I’ve got a Caribbean Soul, I can barely control.”
“People loved to see him come, and they were sad to see him go.”
“If there’s a heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached.”
“It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad.”
“The only thing that is still free in this world is religion, which is why a lot of people ‘find it.’”
“Without geography you’re nowhere.”
“Still I search the constellations, for the tiny grains of sand, where the sand of the ocean, meets the salty piece of land.”
I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”
“Yes, I am a pirate two hundred years too late.”
Jimmy Buffett Quotes About Life
“Life is a journey that’s measured not in miles or years but in experiences, and the route your life takes is built not of roads but of songs.”
“We got to roll with the punches, play all our hunches, make the best of whatever comes your way.”
“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 it doesn’t work out there will be never be any doubt that the pleasure was worth all the pain.”
“Shells sink, dreams float. Life’s good on our boat. ”
“It’s a sweet life, living by the salty sea.”
“I’d rather die while I’m living than live while I’m dead. ”
“One of the inescapable encumbrances of leading an interesting life is that there have to be moments when you almost lose it.”
“Grief is like the wake behind a boat. It starts out as a huge wave that follows close behind you and is big enough to swamp and drown you if you suddenly stop moving forward. But if you do keep moving, the big wake will eventually dissipate. And after a long enough time, the waters of your life get calm again, and that is when the memories of those who have left begin to shine as bright and as enduring as the stars above.”
“Oh, yesterdays are over my shoulder, So I can’t look back for too long. There’s just too much to see waiting in front of me, and I know that I just can’t go wrong.”
“There will always be those who feel more comfortable not venturing from the warmth of the hearth, but there are those who prefer to look out the window and wonder what is beyond the horizon.”
“When reality looks too ugly, fantasize.”
“If life gives you limes, make margaritas.”
“…but I like who I became just fine. That’s the way life is. We all try to make something out of our lives, and some of us are just luckier than others.”
“I have always looked at life as a voyage, mostly wonderful, sometimes frightening. In my family and friends I have discovered treasure more valuable than gold.”
“Breathe in, breathe out, move on…”
“Be good, and you will be lonesome, be lonesome and you will be free. Live a lie and you will live to regret it, that’s what living is to me.”
Jimmy Buffett Quotes About Love
“With a little love and luck we will get by.”
“Come Monday, it’ll be all right. Come Monday, I’ll be holdin’ you tight. I spent four lonely days in a brown L. A. haze, and I just want you back by my side”
“Some people claim that there’s a woman to blame, but I know it’s my own damn fault.”
“That to me is the way any good romantic would look at his life: Live it first, then write it down before you go.”
“Weather is here, wish you were beautiful.”
“I know a girl made of memories and phrases, lives her whole life in chapters and phases…”
“I just want to live happily ever after, every now and then.”
“With you, I would walk anywhere.”
Funny Jimmy Buffet Quotes
“If the phone doesn’t ring, it’s me.”
“Why don’t we get drunk and screw?”
“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”
“Pack your bags, we’re going on a guilt trip!”
“Therapy is extremely expensive. Popping bubble wrap is radically cheap.”
“We are the people our parents warned us about.”
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