"I don't get tired of playing "Margaritaville". It's paid my bills for years."
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"Quitting doesn't enter my mind."
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"Mother Mother Ocean, I have heard your call."
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"My mother insisted that her children read."
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"You've been acting like Jesus owes you a favor, but he's a little smart for you to fool."
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"These old ballparks are like cathedrals in America. We don't have big old Gothic cathedrals like they do in Europe. But we got baseball parks."
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"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."
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"If we weren't all crazy, we'd just go insane."
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"I can't fax you my love, I can't email my heart."
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"I always said that I wouldn't use a teleprompter, and if I start to sing real flat, I'll hang it up."
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"Places I've lived since then had to have some kind of uniqueness and character about them. And logically Key West, and then Down Island. So, all of that stuff sort of had it's roots in New Orleans and went crazy."
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"Why don't we get drunk and screw?"
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"Instinct taught me 20 years ago to pace a song or a concert performance. That translates into pacing a story, pleasing a reading audience."
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"To describe my scarce leisure time in today's terms, I always default to reading."
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"I'm a big follower and reactor to weather."
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"We made it nearly 20 centuries, a bunch of monkeys with PH Ds."
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"Life was just a tire swing. 'Jambalaya' was the only song I could sing. Blackberry pickin', eatin' fried chicken, And I never knew a thing about pain. Life was just a tire swing."
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"You know, as a writer, I'm more of a listener than a writer, cuz if I hear something I will write it down."
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"It's been wonderful for me, and I feel so privileged to have fans that are that loyal."
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"I arm myself with punch lines and a big old water gun."
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