“It was the seventies, and Key West was cooking. A strange collection of shrimpers, gays, dope dealers, crooked politicians, hippies and tourists roamed the quaint streets of the little town at the end of the world.” – Jimmy Buffett, Where is Joe Merchant?

“Jimmy literally made Phil [Clark] a legend with that one song [‘A Pirate Looks at Forty’]. It was one of the high points of Phil’s life, I would say.” – Vic Latham

“Success turned Jimmy Buffett into a human tourist attraction …” – The Rolling Stone Album Guide

“I love the Church of Buffett because they don’t think I’ve done anything worth a shit since 1974. I tend to disagree with them, but I love the fact that the people that don’t like me still like me.” – Jimmy Buffett

“The Island Hotel [in Cedar Key] is a throwback … It’s a small old hotel – the kind of place where they couldn’t really care less whether you come, as opposed to those overmarketed tourism spots.” – Jimmy Buffett

 “… a pleasant hang with a multimillionaire who’s got a chill philosophical side.” – Rolling Stone on Life on the Flip Side, Jimmy Buffett’s 30th studio album