Instinct taught me 20 years ago to pace a song or a concert performance. That translates into pacing a story, pleasing a reading audience.

Quote by Jimmy Buffett

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Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a...

Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a...

I sell escapism.

I sell escapism.

If we weren't all crazy, we'd just go insane.

If we weren't all crazy, we'd just go insane.

I can only say the first thing that pops into my mind is I remember,...

I can only say the first thing that pops into my mind is I remember,...

There's something missing in the music industry today... and it's music. Songs you hear don't...

There's something missing in the music industry today... and it's music. Songs you hear don't...

Well, I'm still here. Didn't have to go to rehab, and I'm not broke.

Well, I'm still here. Didn't have to go to rehab, and I'm not broke.

It's been wonderful for me, and I feel so privileged to have fans that are...

It's been wonderful for me, and I feel so privileged to have fans that are...

Places I've lived since then had to have some kind of uniqueness and character about...

Places I've lived since then had to have some kind of uniqueness and character about...

These old ballparks are like cathedrals in America. We don't have big old Gothic cathedrals...

These old ballparks are like cathedrals in America. We don't have big old Gothic cathedrals...

Where's the church, who took the steeple, Religion's in the hands of some crazy ass...

Where's the church, who took the steeple, Religion's in the hands of some crazy ass...

If I couldn't laugh I just would go insane, If we couldn't laugh we just...

If I couldn't laugh I just would go insane, If we couldn't laugh we just...

If it doesn't work out there will never be any doubt that the pleasure was...

If it doesn't work out there will never be any doubt that the pleasure was...

I still consider it a summer job, though. So, I try to maintain that summer...

I still consider it a summer job, though. So, I try to maintain that summer...

I'm inspired by people who keep on rolling, no matter their age.

I'm inspired by people who keep on rolling, no matter their age.

The stores and the things like that, the business side of things came out at...

The stores and the things like that, the business side of things came out at...

Elvis was the only man from Northeast Mississippi who could shake his hips and still...

Elvis was the only man from Northeast Mississippi who could shake his hips and still...

Older and wiser voices can help you find the right path, if you are only...

Older and wiser voices can help you find the right path, if you are only...

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

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

My mother insisted that her children read.

My mother insisted that her children read.

And I wound up in New Orleans for all those years and it was a...

And I wound up in New Orleans for all those years and it was a...