Jerry Jeff Walker Quotes & Sayings

“The only way to know how much is enough, is to do too much, and then back up.”

“I think it's real easy to be famous these days; it's not real easy to sustain success.”

“Well, we play Country music; we're just not sure what country it is.”

“'Gonzo' means taking an unknown thing to an unknown place for a known purpose. But sometimes we're lost in an unknown place for no known purpose.”

“I always liked having a good time. I got into this business because I got fired from any job I ever had because I stayed out late playing music.”

“In the '80s I started running, staying in shape.”

“You have to figure out ways to do things on your own. I do my own thing, and I don't pay much attention to what anyone else is doing.”

“I don't try to write songs that will further my career. I write about things that I care about. I don't have a career as much as I'm having an adventure with a guitar. I never liked the business way of doing it. You have to follow some sort of instinct.”

“A lot of Texans go up to New York and stay there forever. If there are any two places with more individual characters, I don't know them.”

“In the '60s, I thought golf was bourgeois, so I didn't play at all for 20 years.”