Jimmy Buffett (b.1946,) fully James William Buffett, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, author, and businessman.
Born in Pascagoula, Mississippi, Buffett got his start in Nashville’s country music scene. A trip to Florida’s Key West transformed his musical style into a mixture of country, folk, rock, and coastal sounds. Buffett is celebrated for his autobiographical ballads that depict an “island escapism” lifestyle. His Coral Reefer Band has recorded hit songs, including “Margaritaville” and “Come Monday.”
Buffett has transformed his music career into various commercial ventures. He is the best-selling writer of Tales from Margaritaville (1989) and A Salty Piece of Land (2004.) He is involved in two restaurant chains, Margaritaville Café and Cheeseburger in Paradise, named after two of his best-known songs.
Buffett has formed Margaritaville Records (a subsidiary of MCA Records,) Radio Margaritaville, and a Margaritaville Casino. He remains a major concert attraction, specifically in Florida, where his devoted fans among aging hippies are affectionately dubbed “Parrotheads.”
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If we couldn’t laugh, we would all go insane.
—Jimmy Buffett
Topics: Laughter
Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.
—Jimmy Buffett
Topics: Living
Time ain’t for savin’, no there’s no time for that.
—Jimmy Buffett
Some of the best navigators don’t know where they’re going until they get there, then they’re still not sure!
—Jimmy Buffett
Never did I think that I became family entertainment.
—Jimmy Buffett
Topics: Family
If someone wants a piece of you, never let them pay. What you do not give to them time takes anyway.
—Jimmy Buffett
Topics: Age
I’d rather die while I’m living than live while I’m dead.
—Jimmy Buffett
Topics: Death, Dying
I’m a big follower and reactor to weather.
—Jimmy Buffett
Topics: Weather
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful.
—Jimmy Buffett
Topics: Weather
It’s my job to be better than the rest, and that’s enough reason to go for me. It’s my job to be better than the rest, and that makes the day for me.
—Jimmy Buffett
Topics: Doing Your Best
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
Topics: Audiences
Older and wiser voices can always help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen.
—Jimmy Buffett
Topics: Advice
If we weren’t all crazy, we would go insane.
—Jimmy Buffett
We are the people our parents warned us about.
—Jimmy Buffett
Topics: People, Crime
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.
—Jimmy Buffett
Topics: Family, Friendship
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